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One of the most predominant Next, sand the stock down to the This is the quick and dirty process reproduction rifled muskets in the bare wood and refinish with lin- to defarb. The stock still needs to hobby is the Italian Armi-Sport seed oil. Linseed oil is the period be reshaped and there are a few take on the 1853 Enfield. But the correct coating for the wood. minor changes that still need to standard reproduction sticks out be made. I would recommend just like gaiters, gal troops, and Finally, find a lock plate with removing the rear strap swivel red artillery trim. The best fix is to correct markings on the trade on the trigger guard. The stan- defarb. blanket or at a gun shop like Zim- dard armi sport one is not peri- merman Gunsmith or Lodgewood od. Replace it with an original A lot of the Enfield defarb you can MFG. Go with a plate stamped part, found easily in a number of do yourself. Start with a metal file “Tower”, “Potts and Hunt”, “Bar- Gettysburg shops, or just remove and file off the “armi sport made nett London”, or one of the many it altogether. The rifle straps are in Italy” text from the barrel. British arms manufacturers that another item to consider dis- Light file the lettering, taking care supplied weapons to the South. carding. While they are period not to harm the barrel. The standard “Enfield” on the lock correct, they are over-represented pate of the armi sport is wrong. in the hobby. Examine the mid/ Then soak the barrel, lock plate, The font is incorrect for the era. late War photos of Confederate and barrel bands in vinegar to re- The British Government, for po- dead, especially, and you will see move the bluing. The bluing armi litical reasons, forbade the Royal many are without straps on their sport adds is not period correct Armory at Enfield from directly rifles. These are a few of the home to begin with. The manual of day selling weapons to the Confeder- remedies that will improve the states “fine flour of emery cloth is acy, but licensed the design to the look of your reproduction Enfield the best article to clean the exte- independent arms manufacturers and will set it apart from the basic rior of the barrel.” It should also to sell. armi sport models. be noted that soldiers in the field See: Page 14 would utilize crushed brick, as it was readily available, wrapped in cloth to clean the barrel. By using these abrasive cleaning methods, it is understandable the bluing would be stripped away after a short time on campaign. Page 6 True Marylander Summer/Fall 2019 From West Point To Appomattox The Rise of “Maryland” Steuart Forged in the saddle

Steuart graduated from West Point Military Acad- emy in 1848 at the age of 19, ranked 37th and sharing a cadet class with future Union general John Buford (of Gettysburg lore). He entered the service in the cavalry and cut his teeth as an Indian fighter on the frontier.

For the next decade, Steuart grew as a horse sol- dier. He served in and Kansas, participated on an expedition through the Rocky Mountains and fought the Cheyenee, the Mormans and the fierce Comanche.

He shared his namesake with his father, a hero from the War of 1812, his grandfather, a physician in the Revolutionary War, and his great-grandfa- ther, a Scottish immigrant who later served as a lieutenant colonel of the Maryland horse militia — He did not share the McLean under Governor Horatio Sharpe during the Parlor with General Robert E. Lee on the after- French and Indian War. noon of April 9, 1865 near Appomattox Court House, Va., but Brigadier General George Hume In fact, his great-grandfather bred Dugannon, a Steuart Jr. was present for the surrender of the thoroughbred race horse brought from England Army of Northern . to compete against the stables owned by fellow Marylander Charles Carroll. The horse went on to He was among the starved and battered South- win the Annapolis Subscription Plate in 1743 — ern troops that laid down their arms following the colony’s first recorded formal horse race and the peace terms agreed upon by Lee and General. currently the oldest surviving piece of silver in the Ulysses Grant. state.

Nicknamed “Maryland” to differentiate himself A talent for combat and horse riding flowed from the popular cavalry general with a similar through the veins of “Maryland” Steuart. last name, Steuart, a West Pointer from Baltimore, endured the Civil War from beginning to end. See: Page 10 Page 7 True Marylander Summer/Fall 2019

NEW MARKET, Va. — There “But, only due to the high quality had been little time for the 26th of men in the battalion, within Virginia Battalion, numbering six a few short hours, the Battalion companies and composed of over functioned like we had been to- 100 men from all along the East gether for a decade.” Coast, to properly prepare for the recreation of the Battle of New Indeed, by mid-day the six com- Market. panies were flawlessly maneuver- ing as one .When Sunday after- The battalion operated mostly in noon arrived, the unit drew the the shade along the edge of the attention of both sides — march- battlefield, well beyond the un- Chris Anders, center, leads the ing with all eyes on them, fighting sightly assemblage of A-frame 26th Virginia Battalion over the at the center of the Confederate tents, camp chairs and bright- fence during the recreation of the line and charging across the Field ly-colored coolers that sprawled Battle of New Market in May. of Lost Shoes alongside the VMI across the open fields between the cadets. far-off parking lot and the Virgin- ia Museum of the Civil War. reenactors, could come together “I have never had the honor of fast enough to accurately display commanding such troops before... With a like-minded purpose to ac- a battalion. from such a wide range of back- curately portray the 26th Virginia, grounds,” Anders said. “With 109 the companies joined together “I was a little worried heading to men in the ranks, we stretched in a bond of brotherhood during New Market, being that we had from North Carolina to Canada. the anniversary weekend of May six companies, four or which had All with one goal, one purpose- to 17-19. never worked together and three honor the men of the 26th Virgin- that had never worked with me,” ia Infantry Battalion to the best of When Saturday dawned, the only battalion commander Chris An- our abilities.” question was whether the group, ders admitted. made entirely of authentic See: Page 15 Page 8 True Marylander Summer/Fall 2019 The Maryland Line: —Tradition Born From Culture— By: Colin Zimmerman As morning dawned on July 3, 1863 just southeast of Gettysburg, stiff, battle-weary and sleepless Marylanders of the 1st Maryland Battalion C.S.A. peered out from their foothold on Culp’s Hill. What they saw astonished them.

In front and around them were thousands of Federals from the Army of the Potomac’s XII Corps, which had returned in the middle of the night from their foray toward the Federal left flank. The regiment had suffered terribly the night before in the desperate night assault on Culp’s Hill that yielded moderate results. Many now looked around and noticed missing friends, while sergeants and officers took stock of what manpower they had left Don Troiani: Smallwood’s Marylanders at Long Island and re-organized the now reduced of the Confederate service. This At the battle of Long Island in command into an effective fighting lone regiment had an enormous September 1776, Smallwood’s 270 force. During the July 2 attack, the reputation to live up to, which was Marylanders fought a desperate regiment’s leader, Lt. Col. James forged by their grandfathers during rearguard action against four times Herbert fell wounded, placing the Revolution. their numbers, saving the army, Major William Worthington Golds- and sacrificing themselves in the borough in command of the outfit. The Maryland Line or better known process. Washington was said to as the “Old Line,” a name given to have quipped upon watching the The Marylanders were moments them by the nation’s most famous courageous stand of the Maryland away from participating in their American, George Washington, was Regiment: “Good God, what brave single most definable action in the considered the shock troops of the fellows I must this day lose.” most recognizable battle of the Continental Army. Time and time Civil War. While the men rested again the Marylanders were thrown With only a dozen or so returning and waited for the inevitable order into the most difficult situations after the fight, Smallwood’s Mary- to attack, it has to be assumed and played key roles in every major landers would forever be remem- that many minds turned towards battle fought by the Continental bered as the “Immortals,” and thoughts of home, loved ones and Army. Washington favored the dis- would from that moment onward examination of one’s conscious. cipline, drill and uniformed appear- be considered Washington’s most ance of the Maryland troops under elite troops. The battalion was the only infantry Col. William Smallwood during the unit from Maryland in the entirety New York Campaign of 1776. See: Page 9 Page 9 True Marylander Summer/Fall 2019

behave acknowledged that they Marylanders have always seemed to From: Page 8 represent the Maryland Line of old, have a certain defiant attitude when and sought to keep the reputation faced with disagreeable circum- Every Marylander knew this story, of Maryland tenacity high on the stances. Brig. Gen. James J. Archer, especially those from Baltimore, altar? arguably one of the most famous where Smallwood raised his bat- Marylanders to hold the rank, is talion some 90 years before. Many one such example. Born in Stafford men in the regiment were descen- near Havre de Grace in Harford dants of the famed “Old Line,” and County, Archer found his way there’s no doubt it crossed their into the pre-war army, serving in minds as they peered across Pardee Mexico and the Northwest frontier. Field that morning. He would command a Tennessee brigade in the crack Light Division, Major Goldsborough was one such earning great distinction in the first individual with strong family ties half of the war. Archer’s defiance to the Revolution and a reputation and independent attitude would to uphold. Brig. Gen. George H. shine through after his capture on “Maryland” Steuart, of Baltimore, the first day of Gettysburg. His who commanded the brigade in pre-war comrade Abner Doubleday which the 1st Maryland was as- While forming in Baltimore in in command of the Federals in that signed, is another example of hav- 1775, the keystones to the future sector of the battlefield would reach ing deep ties to the Maryland Line Maryland Line’s success and ever- his hand out in and exclaim, “Glad in the Revolution. His grandfather, lasting reputation was being laid to see you!” Wherein response, Ar- Dr. James Steuart, was a physician out in the formation of Smallwood’s cher snapped back, “Well, I’m not who served in the Revolution, while Battalion. Mordecai Gist, who glad to see you by a damn sight!” his great-grandfather, Dr. Georoge could be considered the key ele- H., served as lieutenant colonel of ment to the early Maryland military Circling back to Steuart, his Mary- the Horse Militia under Governor traditions success, was an ambitious land temper flared up during one Horatio Sharpe. character from the start. Gist, not of the war’s most costly struggles satisfied with being under Small- on May 12, 1864, during the Mule Naturally, as a brigade commander, wood’s command, protested that Shoe at Spotsylvania. Steuart was Steaurt had a lot weighing on his his company remain independent making the best of a bad situation mind the morning of July 3. Moti- and fight on its own. Gist was able after his command was overrun vation and the reasoning behind it to instill a winning spirit into his and he was captured. In an era is the core element to understand- men that carried over through their when officers showed decency and ing why officers led in the manner career in the army. civility toward their foes, “Mary- they did. While it’s certainly impos- land” Steuart would have none of it sible to know the reason for every Ultimately, this attitude won Gist a on that fateful morning. officer’s motivation, we can general- promotion to major within the bat- ly narrow it down into a view broad talion. Gist, in his own way, showed Federal General Winfield S. Han- category. the defiant nature that seems to still cock noticed his pre-war friend resonate in all Marylanders even Steuart being marched to the rear. The first being a sense of duty, to this current day and age. Al- He rode over to give his hand and while another may be the ambition though they appeared to be rough, said: “How are you, Steuart?” To to seek a higher promotion. Still, independent and defiant, many which the irate officer replied, “Un- others may seek thrill out of hav- of the original Maryland officers der the circumstances, I decline to ing power over others or may see displayed high intellectual abilities, take your hand.” Hancock snapped themselves as on a holy crusade. as well. Such diversity included back, “And under any other cir- Is it then improper to think that lawyers, Princeton University grads cumstances, I should not have Steuart and Goldsborough could and professional artists. offered it.” See: Page 12 Page 10 True Marylander Summer/Fall 2019 From: Page 6

A replica winter quarters currently on display near Manassas Battlefield. True Marylander Staff Photo The disciplinarian drums were heard as we marched, with the Maryland quick step, “He had some tough elements to By May 15, 1861, Steuart was given through Centreville [Va.] on our deal with in some of the companies, command of the First Maryland way picket, general and other and when these became unruly, the Battalion, numbering eight com- officers turned out to see us,” wrote colonel was severe in his punish- panies, by order of Col. Thomas McHenry Howard, a grandson of ments. It was not uncommon in his “Stonewall” Jackson. Francis Scott Key and a first ser- camp to see two or three men tied geant in the First Maryland. up by the thumbs to a cross pole — The unit formed shortly after the and in those July and August days Pratt Street Riots, which took place William Randolph McKim, who this punishment was peculiarly in Baltimore on April 19, 1861, later served as aide de camp for painful.” roughly two miles from Steuart’s Steuart, observed how the former home on the western side of the West Pointer handled his fellow Added company commander city. Marylanders while encamped. George Booth: “The magnificent work of Colonel Steuart made his “Maryland” Steuart entered as a “He paid particular attention to camps healthful and free from dis- but climbed to the rank of the quartermaster and commissary ease. He was a foe of idleness, and colonel following the brave actions departments, and looked well after kept his men always on the alert, of the First Maryland at the First the interests of his men, holding and under his careful administra- Battle of Manassas in July 1861. every officer, including the surgeon, tion, wastefulness was not permit- to the stric performance of his ted. That year, he oversaw a battalion duty,” McKim noted. “But he drilled that soon became recognized as us hard — generally six hours a “He made his men proud of their one of the best drilled in the entire day; company drill two hours be- command,” he continued. “It was Army. fore breakfast, regimental drill two no unusual sight to have thousands hours after breakfast; and, when he from the surrounding camps flock “Colonel Steuart, by his firm and was to be a brigadier, brigade drill to the roadside [to see] the Mary- able, if somewhat eccentric, han- two hours in the afternoon. More- landers marched out to or returned dling had now brought our regi- over, he was a strict disciplinarian, from duty.” ment to a fine state of discipline and it was not easy to escape his and efficiency, and whenever our lynx-eyed observation. See: Page 11 Page 11 True Marylander Summer/Fall 2019 From: Page 10 to attack in the late morning hours of July 3, 1863, Steuart emerged from cover waving his sabre and Maryland, My Maryland leading his men along a stone wall and in the direc- tion of the entrenched federals. On the , Steuart, recovered from The First (Second) Maryland, leading the way, took a a shoulder wound received at Cross Keys, command- majority of the fire, losing half their force in the val- ed a brigade of Maryland, Virginia and North Car- iant assault across Pardee’s Field. Afterwards, as the olina regiments under Johnson’s division in Ewell’s survivors streamed back toward Rock Creek, Steuart Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. was recorded as wringing his hands and tearfully proclaiming “My poor boys.” On May 2, as the Army forded the Potomac River and entered Maryland in its effort to bring the war North from Virginia, Steuart celebrated by dropping from Aftermath his horse and kissing the ground, causing the men to yell “Maryland!” Following the surrender at Appomattox, Steuart swore an oath of loyalty to the Union and settled on Said Maryland commander W.W. Goldsborough: family property near Annapolis. He was present for “Steuart turned 17 double somersaults, stood on his the declaration of the Second Maryland Monument head for five minutes and whistled “My Maryland” all on Culp’s Hill and served as commander of the Mary- the while.” land division of Confederate Veterans. ‘My poor boys’ He died at the age of 75 in 1903 and is buried in Balti- more at Greenmount Cemetery. Two months later, Steuart’s brigade was cut to pieces on the slopes of Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg. Ordered d d d Page 12 True Marylander Summer/Fall 2019

was arguably the most daunting From: Page 9 and difficult to take. While the 1st Maryland Battalion contained some veterans from the previous estab- lishment, the battalion, in general, was new to combat. Culp’s Hill on the evening of July 2 was their first real trial of combat. Although present and engaged at Second Winchester the previous month, that experience was dwarfed in comparison to what they faced at Gettysburg.

Another example of the indepen- exclusive to Maryland’s Civil War Tactically, the assault on Culp’s Hill dent virtue that Marylander’s held generation, though. The original 1st was an organizational nightmare so close to their heart is Minion Maryland Battalion had already set from the high command down to Knott. Minion’s story is quite that standard during the battle of the lowest private. Attacking up a unique, as he served in pro-Union, Long Island in 1776. This astonish- steep, wooded, rocky slope in low Company C, 6th Battalion, District ing battalion, now much reduced visibility against unknown amounts of Columbia Militia in 1861. One from its original size, continued of entrenched Union infantry with- would logically assume that Min- to set precedence in the annals out artillery support isn’t a prom- ion would on his next enlistment of American Military Tradition. ising prospect. Yet, this had been that he would continue on with Smallwood’s Maryland Battalion tried before on similar plane on the Union cause. This wasn’t to be. was considered to be the most elite October 4, 1777 in a small village Knott, for reasons only known to in the army in 1776, and by nature, just outside Philadelphia known as him, enlisted in the 1st Maryland set the standard for the rest of the Germantown. Battalion in 1862. army to follow. These Baltimore soldiers were the first to adapt The circumstances that the Conti- Why did he switch sides? We will to extreme circumstances on the nental Army faced at Germantown never know the true answer, but ever-changing battlefield, offering are very similar to those faced by here are some possible influences: flexibility to the American way of Allegheny Johnson’s Division at Maybe Knott didn’t agree with the conducting battle. They introduced Culp’s Hill. Low visibility, unknown Federal occupation of Baltimore, to the American system — through size of enemy forces in front of with Fort Federal Hill overlook- their drill and discipline — an them, inexperience on the majority ing the town. Knott obviously saw effective way to concentrate fire, -de of the Maryland Line’s part and lack himself as a “southerner,” and may fensive maneuvers that wore down of artillery support. The Maryland have taken offense of the handling their enemy, and use of terrain to Line had swollen from one under- of southern civilians by the Fed- their advantage. The reliability of strength battalion to two brigades. eral authorities, most notably the these Marylanders was evident The spike in the recruitment of policies set forth by Maj. Gen. John once again when Washington Maryland regiments is directly Pope in the summer of 1862. What- employed them as the rear guard linked to the performance and ever his reasoning was, Minion at Pell’s Point. They were the last reputation earned by Smallwood’s showed the true independent atti- unit to leave the field, while the rest men the previous year. Smallwood’s tude that had always accompanied of Washington’s army escaped to old battalion, for all intents and Maryland soldiers since they first White Plains. purposes, had re-mustered in as the arrived at the Continental Army’s 1st Maryland Regiment. This reg- camp in Cambridge Mass. in 1775.] Of all the positions the Union iment was the only one that could troops held at Gettysburg and be considered “veteran” out of the Defiance and determination weren’t possibly the war at that, Culp’s Hill whole lot. See: Page 13 Page 13 True Marylander Summer/Fall 2019

Under extreme circumstances, laying wait. The order was given to From: Page 12 Marylander’s seemed to shine all rise up and fire, with the situation The Maryland reputation for while keeping cool heads as the quickly developing into an intense excellence on the battlefield still example of Germantown shows. hand-to-hand fight, at which both resonated with the Old Line. Gen- sides held their ground. eral Washington placed the Mary- landers in the center of his assault, One Marylander wrote, “with great acting as the tip of the assaulting bravery; and the conflict between spear. They formed in the area of them and the British troops was Chestnut Hill in the pre-morning obstinate and bloody.” darkness in a blanket of intense fog. Visibility was nearly impossible that Howard now moved up and down October morning, as the Old Line the small line and encouraged his surged forward into the uncertain- men, as both sides continued to ty that lay before them. Col. John cross bayonets and deliver volleys at Stone, formally of Smallwood’s each other. Howard’s line eventually Battalion, commanded the First began to give way, and fall back, yet Maryland Brigade that morning as they were falling back, a rider as they moved on the south side of This creates a culture and legend galloped up to the lieutenant colo- Germantown through open fields. that is passed down through gen- nel handing him note from cavalry They rolled into a British unit that erations, and in turn, becomes part commander William Washington charged at them twice, both times of the genetic makeup of future that he was preparing to charge repelled and sent flying to the rear. generations as is the case with the the British rear. Howard and army Old Line and the 1st Maryland commander Daniel Morgan, seiz- Major John Eager Howard, of the Battalion in 1863. ing the moment, ordered his men 4th Maryland Regiment, whose de- to halt and about-face, whereupon scendants were with the 1st Mary- The most extreme circumstanc- they delivered a well-aimed volley land Battalion at Gettysburg some es the Old Line faced during the stopping the British in their tracks. 90 years later, moved quickly with Revolution came on a cold January Howard then ordered the drum- his command on the extreme left day in 1781 in South Carolina, at a mers to beat “charge bayonets,” an of the Old Line, skirting the edge of remote place called the Cowpens. order he noted was obeyed with a the main road through town. How- John Eager Howard, now a lieu- “great alacrity.” ard quickly found himself in com- tenant colonel, was in command of mand of the 4th Regiment after its the Maryland troops consisting of The Old Line surged forward and colonel, Josias Halls, was knocked only 350 men. In short, the situa- tangled with the Redcoats once cold when his horse ran into a cider tion was desperate, and a victory again. One soldier remembered press. Howard, in the midst of the was badly needed by the Ameri- that they were “in amongst them intense situation, found himself cans. with the bayonets, which caused trying to hold back his laughter, a them to give ground and at last to true display of the tough Maryland The Americans were situated in take to the flight, but we followed attitude. The Maryland Line would three lines, with Howard and his them up so close that they never continue to drive forward a rapid Marylander’s making up the third could get in order again until we pace, fighting the British at every line. Quickly, the British smashed killed and took the whole of the stone wall and fence that present- through the first two lines of infantry prisoners.” ed itself. Eventually, the Old Line militia, and sensing total victory, found itself in one of the most ad- stormed towards the Maryland reg- Under the most desperate situation, vanced positions of the American ulars with over 800 men. Maryland Marylander’s were able to deliver army, fighting hard until it expend- officers Enoch Anderson, Henry a decisive victory from the jaws of ed all its ammunition, forcing them Dobson and Gassaway Watkins total defeat. to retire to the rear. prepared their men, who were See: Page 15 Page 14 True Marylander Summer/Fall 2019

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2. Braces/Suspenders: Approved Sutlers Comparing sutler row grade vs. The poor boys cannot be adjusted originals (including an original and would be a custom fit and pair from 2nd Maryland belong- measured for the wearer. Ideally, ing to PVT. Holliday). We put a these can be made from a pair of lot of effort into our impressions, farb suspenders. Simply extend Dirty Billy Hats the uniforms, the research, but the fabric fully, rip the stitching Proper 2nd Md. infantry kepis the little things can bring things out at the rear “X”, cut the faux down if incorrect. leather ends off. Then measure to your size and add the buttonholes. S&S Sutler The mid-19th century ones did You now have an instant pair. Uniform, gear, canteens, leathers, not use friction sliders to tighten packs, haversacks, blankets, kepis suspenders, rather they used the 3. C.S. Issue Shirts pronged buckles to stab through Wambaugh, White & Co. the fabric, as commonly seen on C.S. Issue Shirts are a definite Uniforms, shirts the back our trousers. The brac- must for an authentic Confederate es were 1” wide and made from unit. The shirts were produced in cotton or linen fabric, typically mass quantities throughout the Beauregard’s Tailor striped. Striped fabric was fash- War and were readily availble to Uniforms, shirts, personal items ionable at the time and the stripes the Southern Armies. It will help provided a natural cutting guide dispel the myth of “Confederates Kepis by Starbucks for the seamstress assembling the wore whatever they wanted.” Proper 2nd Md. infantry kepis pair. The backing to the material could either be the same as the The Quartermaster-General, A.R. L.D. Hanning & Co. front, a solid color, or checked. Lawton reported “a large excess There are also examples of buttons Leather cap and cartridge boxes, of these articles on hand at every knapsacks, bayonet scabbards being used to tighten. clothing depot.” Homespun shirts were still seen and are not tech- Suspenders were not army is- nically incorrect, but the main B&B Tart sue and the soldiers expected to push should be for a majority of Uniforms supply their own, either purchas- issued shirts to be seen. If you ing or bringing them from home. have a quality homespun shirt do Missouri Boot and Shoe They were not sewn together in retain it, but consider adding an Boots, shoes, knapsacks the X pattern in the back, being Issue Shirt. Personally, I recom- comprised of two separate pieces. mend carrying two shirts. It is J.B. Bradley Dry Goods nice to have a spare when you get Uniforms and unique items Poor boys are an easily assembled, to sweating. On chilly nights, put documented type of braces that on the second shirt over the one are simplistic by nature. Essential- you are wearing, it will keep you W.H.J. & Co. ly, they are two straps indepen- warm. The Holiday pattern (2nd CS issue shirts, haversacks, flags, dent of each other with a single MD) or the Louisiana pattern are leather goods, unique items buttonhole on either end. two types of preferred shirts. d d d Page 15 True Marylander Summer/Fall 2019 From: Page 13 From: Page 7 A These few hundred men in their When it was finished, there was most crucial hour set a military only one question remaining: tradition and precedent that future What’s next? Voice generations would hold dear. In a hobby saturated by farbs and Every man in the 1st Maryland stitch-counting fanatics, the six For Battalion knew these stories of their companies of the 26th Virginia grandfathers as they lay in wait on Battalion wondered if there was Maryland the morning of July 3 on the lower room for a group of reenactors peak of Culp’s Hill. The truth is, the with a shared focus for realism 1st Battalion never had a chance at and fun — where funnel cakes and cracking the Federal lines that morn- authenticity remain interwoven ing, but that didn’t matter to those and not isolated. The answer: The men. The fact is, the 1st Battalion Lost Boys. Subscribe never crossed bayonets or forced any Federals to retreat when they crossed “In the hobby it is so seldom seen Today! the open span known as Pardee such comradeship and ability. I Field. want to personally thank Captains Mike Lavis, Jake Duda, Curtis More grandiose and desperate Utz, Darren Alles, Patrick Heelen, charges with varying levels of success Curt Cole and Josh Stalls for their were made during the Civil War by leadership and friendship,” Anders many other regiments, yet the legend stated. “I hope I served each of you of the Marylander’s charge through well, to honored and remembered Pardee Field that morning remains those who came before. For in the in the forefront of our minds 156 end, it really is not about us, but years later. The reason is deeper than rather them. the capture of a hill or the outcome of a battle or war. Tradition, genetics “There is a lot of discussion about and superb culture paid for by the working together in a loose con- struggle and blood of those that had federation called ‘The Lost Boys’, come before. and I am humbled to be part of this e ffor t .” With the determination of the rearguard action at Long Island, the d d d difficulties of Germantown and the desperation of Cowpens, the 1st Maryland Battalion stormed across Pardee Field with the spirits of the Old Line welcoming them into the military tradition that is the Mary- land Line.

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