United States Regiments & Batteries > Maryland > 8th Maryland Infantry Regiment
The 8th Maryland Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 54 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 70 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| August | Organized at Baltimore, Maryland under the command of Colonel Andrew W. Denison. |
| September 18 | Moved from Baltimore to the Antietam, Maryland. Attached to Kenly’s Maryland Brigade, Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Corps, Middle Department |
| September 20-21 | Defense of Williamsport, Maryland. |
| October-December | Duty between Williamsport and Hagerstown, Maryland. |
| December 11-12 | Moved to Maryland Heights. |
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1863
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| March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Corps |
| April 9 | At Bolivar Heights |
| April 30 | Moved to Grafton and Clarksburg, West Virginia to repel Invasion |
| May 1-26 | Operations against Jones and Imboden |
| May 26 | Returned to Maryland Heights |
| June 30 | Retreat to Frederick, Maryland and guarded bridges over the Monocacy. Attached to Maryland Brigade, French’s Command, 8th Corps |
| July 7 | Reoccupation of Maryland Heights. |
| July 10 | The Maryland Brigade became the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac, near Boonsborough, Md. |
| July 12-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Warrenton, Va. |
| July 25-27 | At Warrenton Junction, Va. |
| August 4- September 16 |
Near Rappahannock Station |
| September 16-18 | Advance to the Rapidan |
| October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| October 14 |
Bristoe Station |
| October 19 | Haymarket |
| October 24- November 23 |
Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
| November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| December-May | Near Culpeper. The Maryland Brigade was redesignated the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps |
| 1864 | |
| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| March | The Maryland Brigade was redesignated the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps |
| May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8 |
Laurel HillThe Maryland Brigade lost 189 men in the attack on Laurel Hill. It is honored there by the Maryland Brigade monument. |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 12 |
Assault on the Salient (“Bloody Angle”) |
| May 19 |
Harris Farm (Fredericksburg Road) |
| May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
| May 23 | Jericho Ford |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
| June | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps |
| June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
| June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
| July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
| August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
| September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Grove Church |
| October 2-5 | Yellow House |
| October 7-8 | Peeble’s Farm |
| October 8 | Davis House |
| October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Read, Hatcher’s Run |
| December 7-12 |
Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad |
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1865
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| February 5-7 |
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29 | Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run |
| March 31 |
White Oak Road |
| April 1 |
Five Forks |
| April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| May 1-12 | March to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| May 31 | The 8th Maryland Infantry Regiment mustered out |