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1st Maryland Reg Potomac Home Brigade Vol Infantry
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1st Maryland Reg Potomac Home Brigade Vol Infantry

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Death
unknown
Monument
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot
Culp's Hill, Slocum Avenue
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The granite monument stands 12′ tall. It is capped with the star symbol of the Twelfth Army Corps with a relief of a bayonet and cartridge box on its face, supported by rolled bedrolls. A round bronze Seal of the State of Maryland is inset in the center of the front. Just above the base on the front is a relief of a forage cap on top of laurel branches. The monument was dedicated on October 25th,1888 by the State of Maryland.

Colonel William P. Maulsby, a lawyer from Frederick, commanded the The 1st Maryland Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The monument to the 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade is south of Gettysburg near Spangler's Spring, on the east side of Slocum Avenue about 40 yards east of the intersection with Geary Avenue. (39°48'53.0″N 77°13'00.2″W)
The granite monument stands 12′ tall. It is capped with the star symbol of the Twelfth Army Corps with a relief of a bayonet and cartridge box on its face, supported by rolled bedrolls. A round bronze Seal of the State of Maryland is inset in the center of the front. Just above the base on the front is a relief of a forage cap on top of laurel branches. The monument was dedicated on October 25th,1888 by the State of Maryland.

Colonel William P. Maulsby, a lawyer from Frederick, commanded the The 1st Maryland Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The monument to the 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade is south of Gettysburg near Spangler's Spring, on the east side of Slocum Avenue about 40 yards east of the intersection with Geary Avenue. (39°48'53.0″N 77°13'00.2″W)

Inscription

From the front of the monument:
1st Maryland Regiment Potomac Home Brigade Vol. Infantry
Col. Wm. P. Maulsby.
Lockwood's Independent Brigade,
12th Corps
Maryland's Tribute to her Loyal Sons

From the left side of the monument:
Effective Strength 739.
Casualties,
Killed 23, Wounded 80, Missing 1, Total 104
Organized at Frederick, MD
From Aug. 15th to Dec. 13th 1861.
Principal Engagements:
Maryland Heights, MD Sept. 13, 1862.
Gettysburg, PA July 2D - 3D 1863
Monocacy, MD, July 9th 1864,
and eight skirmishes
Mustered out May 29th 1865.

From the right side of the monument:
July 2D reinforced the left wing between 5 and 6 o'clock P.M. charging under the immediate direction of Gen. Meade and recapturing three pieces of artillery.
July 3D, engaged the enemy at this point from 5 to 6 o'clock A.M. At 11 A.M. went to the assistance of the 2D Div. 12th Corps, engaging the enemy there for about four hours.

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