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MARYLAND MANUAL. 303 No. 7. Three Flags of the Fourth Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, recruited under the second call of the President, in July and August, 1862. No. 8. Four Flags of the Fifth Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, organized on September 12, 1861, at Lafayette Square, Baltimore. No. 9. Four Flags of the Sixth Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, organized at Baltimore under the second call of the Presi dent, from August 12 to September 8, 1862. No. 10. Three Flags of the Seventh Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, organized under the second call of the President, in 1862. No. 11. Three Fiags of the Eighth Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, organized in Baltimore in August, 1862, No. 12. One Flag of the Ninth Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, organized at Baltimore, June and July, 1863, to serve for a period of six months in pursuance of a proclamation from the Presi dent calling for additional troops to repel the Confederate armies then invading Maryland and Pennsylvania. This Flag was returned to the State of Maryland on March 31, 1905, by the Secretary of War, under the authority conferred on him by Congress, approved February 28, 1905, entitled a “Joint Resolution to return to the proper authorities certain Union and Confederate Battle Flags. No. 13. Two Flags of the Tenth Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, organized at Baltimore, June and July, 1863, to serve for six months. No. 14. Two Flags of the Thirteenth Regiment Infantry, Mary land Volunteers, composed of Veterans of the First Regiment Potomac home Brigade Infantry Maryland Volunteers and Recruits, organized March 1st, 1865. No. 15. Two Flags of the Purnell Legion, Maryland Volunteers, recruited under the auspices of the Hon. William H. Purnell, at Pikes ville Arsenal, between October 31st, 1881, and December 31st, 1861. The Regiment Legion was raised under special authority of the Secre tary of War to serve three years. No. 16. Two Flags of the Second Regiment Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, organized at Cumberland from August 27, to October 31, 1861, to serve for three years. No. 17. One Flag of the Third Regiment Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, organized May 20, 1862, various companies being recruited in Allegany County, Frederick County, Hagerstown and Baltimore. The Regiment was recruited to serve three years. No. 18. One Flag of the First Eastern Shore Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, organized at Cambridge, September, 1881, to serve for three years. No. 19. One Flag of the Second Eastern Shore Infantry, Mary land Volunteers, organized at Chestertown in December, 1861, to servo three years. No. 20. Three Flags of the First Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry, “Cole’s Cavalry,” organizea August 10 to November 27, 1861. This Cavalry assumed the name of its commander, Henry A. Cole, and the original battalion was recruited in Western Maryland. It partici pated in over seventy-five engagements. |
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