1st Regiment Eastern Shore Maryland Volunteer Infantry
(Front):1st Reg't Eastern Shore
Maryland Vol. Infantry
Col. Jas. Wallace.
Lockwood's Independent Brig.
12th Corps.
Maryland's Tribute to her Loyal Sons
(Back):
Five companies held the works in front of this stone on the morning of July 3d 1863, relieving other troops and remaining until about noon when they were relieved.
The remainder of this regiment were in position during the same time about three hundred yards to the right.
Organized at Cambridge, Md. Sept 1861
Consolidated with the 11th Md. Infy. Feb. 25th 1865.
Effective strength July 3d 1863. 583
Casualties
Killed 5. Wounded 18. Missing 2. Total 25.
Marker is on Slocum Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
