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| the legend, "Maryland Expects Every Man To Do His Duty," above a central design now missing, but which probably was the State coat of arms. The wording on the red ribbon below is no longer decipherable, but the remaining letters indicate that it was not the State motto. The reverse bears the inscription "Presented To The Frederick Volunteers, By the Friends of Southern Rights." That unit became Company A of the First Maryland Infantry, and its color served the regiment until First Manassas. It was presented by General Bradley T. Johnson, original commander of Company A, to the Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers Home, Pikesville, Md., and later to the State by the Governors of the Maryland Line. The First Maryland Infantry Regiment, C. S. A., saw action at First Manassas, in the Valley Campaign and in the Seven Days' Battle before Richmond. With its ranks depleted by attrition and with some companies dissatisfied by vague terms of enlistment, it was disbanded August 17, 1862. Within a few months the unit was succeeded by a newly-raised First Maryland Infantry Battalion, C. S. A., often referred to as the Second Maryland Infantry. No. 33 - Company H, First Maryland Infantry Company Color Though the design of this color, with three broad stripes of red, white, red, resembles the first Confederate national flag, it was the color of Company H, First Maryland Infantry Regiment, C. S. A. The blue canton carries a circle of fifteen gold stars of uniform size, enclosing the inscription "My Maryland." The letters of the inscription read backward on the obverse, but correctly on the reverse. The color was presented to the unit at Fairfax Court House, Va., in August 1861, as a gift from the ladies of Baltimore and was given to the State by Mrs. George Thomas, St. Mary's County. No. 34-A - Second Maryland Infantry Battalion Confederate Color This was a Confederate color of the Second Maryland Infantry Battalion, C. S. A. often known as the Second Maryland Infantry, since it was organized after the disbanding of the First Maryland Infantry Regiment. The flag resembles the stars and bars design, and the eleven stars are arranged in a circle of ten with a larger one at the center. No. 34-B - Second Maryland Infantry Battalion Regimental Color A regimental color of the Second Maryland Infantry Battalion, C. S. A., this blue flag carries the State coat of arms, — 23 — |