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MARYLANDERS IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE.

THE number of Marylanders who were in the service of the Confederate
States cannot be accurately determined. General Trimble, who gave atten-
tion to the subject, estimated them at twenty thousand.

It is certain that they were represented in every branch of the service on
land and sea and in every army. It was impossible to find any considerable
organization in which there were no Marylanders.

The distinctive Maryland regiments and battalions only represent a portion
of the soldiers who came from Maryland.

Many examples could be given to show that the Marylanders were contented
to be in the service, even if not in a State organization — and sometimes whole
companies of Marylanders were mustered into other State regiments.

It is a matter of State pride to know that wherever they were they were noted
for bravery in action and devotion to duty, which has been always acknowledged
by their commanding officers.

The best example of what is said above can be drawn from the records of the
Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland,
from which is taken the following list of Marylanders who 'were not attached to
any of the Maryland organizations, and whose names, therefore, do not appear in
any of the rosters of them, except in some instances of promotion from the First
Maryland Infantry or other commands, and it is taken only from the roll of the
members of the Society. This list could, of course, be largely increased were other
like soiirces of information available. This list does not embrace the names of those
officers who resigned from the United States Army and Navy, and being confined
to members of the Society it cannot embrace the names of the many, living and
dead, who were not members of that Society:

JOHN F. ALVEY, Major General Echols' Brigade, Department of West Virginia.

GEORGE W. ALEXANDER, Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

WILLIAM G. ATKINSON, Lieutenant Engineer Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

JAMES ARMOUR, Lieutenant Louisiana Infantry.

J. T. M. BARNES, Major Artillery, Trans-Mississippi Department.

MEYER BLOCK, Private, Border Guards, Hughes' Brigade, Price's Army.

DANIEL A. BOONE, Private, Ashby's Cavalry.

W. JUDSON BROWN, Lieutenant, Poague's Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia.

JOHN L. BRISCOE, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster. Mahone's Division.