Maryland 2nd Artillery Battery

HISTORICAL NOTES: The Maryland 2nd Artillery Company, usually known as the Baltimore Battery, was formed in September, 1861. After fighting in Jackson's Valley Campaign the unit served with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg. It was assigned to the Maryland Line, then transferred to the cavalry and placed in P.M.B. Young's and B.T. Johnson's Brigade. The company was active at Yellow Tavern, Catoctin Mountain, Frederick, Poolesville, and in McCausland's raid on Chambersburg. Later it served as infantry in the trenches of Petersburg. It lost 1 killed and 2 wounded at Malvern Hill, had 106 men in action at Gettysburg, and surrendered with only 1 man. OFFICERS: Captains John B. Brockenborough and William H. Griffin ASSIGNMENTS: Stonewall Jackson’s Army
The Maryland Line
P.M.B. Young's and B.T. Johnson's Brigade.
SERVICE: Jackson’s Valley Campaign
Rappahannock
Seven Days' Battles – May 23 – 30, 1862
Front Royal
Winchester
Bolivar Heights
Fishers' Hill
Harrisonburg
Cross Keys
Gaines' Mill
Dispatch Station
Malvern Hill – July 1, 1862
Second Manassas
Harpers' Ferry
Moorfield
Sharpsburg
Kernstown
Fredericksburg – December 11-15, 1862
Chancellorsville – April 30 – May 6, 1863
Carlisle, Pa.
Gettysburg – July 1 – 3, 1863
Hagerstown
Mine Run
Brandy Station
Old Town
Falling Waters: (July 14, 1863)
Yellow Tavern – May 11, 1864
Catoctin Mountain
Frederick
Poolesville
Martinsville
Maurytown
McCausland's raid on Chambersburg
Petersburg Siege
Appomattox
ROSTERS:
The rolls of this regiment contains the names of 344 men.
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REFERENCES:
Sifakis - The Compendium of the Confederate Armies