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CHANGES IN THE FIRST MARYLAND BATTALION OF CAVALRY

DURING THE WAR.

The following changes took place among the officers in the battalion during
the war:

GUSTAVUS W. DORSEY, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Ridgely
Brown, killed June I, 1864.

MAJOR ROBERT C. SMITH, having been permanently disabled by wounds received in battle
at Greenland Gap, April 25, 1863, and retired from active service with the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel, no one was commissioned to fill vacancy.
JOHN E. H. POST, promoted Adjutant, with rank of First Lieutenant, vice George W. Booth,

promoted Assistant Adjutant-General.

COMPANY A.—Thomas Griffith, promoted Captain, vice Captain F. A. Bond, disabled in
battle at Hagerstown, July, 1863; retired from active service with rank of Major.
J. A. V. Pue, First Lieutenant, vice Griffith, promoted.

Otis Johnson, private, commissioned Second Lieutenant, vice Edward Beatty,
died in prison.
COMPANY B.—Third Lieutenant Blackiston, killed August 12, 1864. No one commissioned

to fill vacancy.

COMPANY C.—Thomas Green, promoted Second Lieutenant, vice W. S. Turnbull. Died in
campaign of 1863.

James D. Walters, private, commissioned Third Lieutenant, vice Green, promoted.
COMPANY D.—Milton Welsh, promoted Second Lieutenant, vice Stephen D. Lawrence,

resigned. No one commissioned to fill vacancy.
COMPANY E.—No change.

COMPANY F.—C. Irving Ditty, promoted Captain, vice A. F. Schwartz, died from effects of
wounds received in battle May 9, 1864.

Fielder C. Slingluff, promoted First Lieutenant, vice Ditty, promoted.
Samuel G. Bonn, Second Lieutenant, vice Slingluff, promoted.

COMPANY K.—N. C. Hobbs, promoted Captain, vice Gustavus W. Dorsey, promoted Lieu-
tenant-Colonel.

Edward Pugh, First Lieutenant, vice Hobbs, promoted. No commission to fill
vacancy.