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The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army. 1861-1865 by W. W. Goldsborough
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most terrible artillery duels of the war, for simultaneously with the explosion
Grant opened with every gun. Never before had the First Maryland been under
such a fire, to which it replied with their accustomed vigor.

But the First Maryland had been seen upon the field for the last time. For
awhile it was in the fortifications around Petersburg, firing an occasional shot,
until, in January, the guns the boys loved so well were taken from them, and they
were sent to man the heavy guns at Drnry's Bluff, from which they never
fired a shot.

But the end was fast approaching, and when General Lee evacuated his
works around Petersburg, the noble men who had braved so much for nearly four
long years, followed in his wake with muskets in their hands.

At Sailor's Creek they were engaged in a severe fight, when Harry
Pennington gave up his life for the cause he loved so well — the last man of
the battery to be killed.

The First Maryland Artillery surrendered at Appomattox.

 

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