Statewide County MD Archives Military Records.....1st MD Cavalry (CSA) Roster Changes Civilwar - Rosters ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 December 22, 2009, 7:46 pm 1st MD Cavalry (CSA) Roster Changes CHANGES IN THE FIRST MARYLAND BATTALION OF CAVALRY DURING THE WAR. The following changes took place among the officers in the battalion during the war: GUSTAVUS W. DORSEY, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Ridgely Brown, killed June 1, 1864. MAJOR ROBERT C. SMITH, having been permanently disabled by wounds received in battle at Greenland Gap, April 25, 1863, and retired from active service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, no one was commissioned to fill vacancy. JOHN E. H. POST, promoted Adjutant, with rank of First Lieutenant, vice George W. Booth, promoted Assistant Adjutant-General. COMPANY A.—Thomas Griffith, promoted Captain, vice Captain F. A. Bond, disabled in battle at Hagerstown, July, 1863; retired from active service with rank of Major. J. A. V. Pue, First Lieutenant, vice Griffith, promoted. Otis Johnson, private, commissioned Second Lieutenant, vice Edward Beatty, died in prison. COMPANY B.—Third Lieutenant Blackiston, killed August 12, 1864. No one commissioned to fill vacancy. COMPANY C.—Thomas Green, promoted Second Lieutenant, vice W. S. Turnbull. Died in campaign of 1863. James D. Watters, private, commissioned Third Lieutenant, vice Green, promoted. COMPANY D.—Milton Welsh, promoted Second Lieutenant, vice Stephen D. Lawrence, resigned. No one commissioned to fill vacancy. COMPANY E.—No change. COMPANY F.—C. Irving Ditty, promoted Captain, vice A. F. Schwartz, died from effects of wounds received in battle May 9, 1864. Fielder C. Slingluff, promoted First Lieutenant, vice Ditty, promoted. Samuel G. Bonn, Second Lieutenant, vice Slingluff, promoted. COMPANY K.—N. C. Hobbs, promoted Captain, vice Gustavus W. Dorsey, promoted Lieutenant-Colonel. Edward Pugh, First Lieutenant, vice Hobbs, promoted. No commission to fill Vacancy. Additional Comments: Extracted from: THE MARYLAND LINE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. 1861-1865. BY W. W. GOLDSBOROUGH. PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MARYLAND LINE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' HOME, PIKESVILLE, MARYLAND, UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE MARYLAND LINE. 1900. PRESS OF GUGGENHEIMER, WEIL & CO. BALTIMORE, MD. NOTE. The article on the Second Maryland Cavalry is contributed by Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, and that on the Third Maryland Artillery by Capt. W. L. Ritter. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mdfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/statewide/military/civilwar/rosters/1stcavchanges.txt