Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)

The battery lost 1 man killed and 6 wounded.

Capture of Harpers Ferry

The battery was commanded by Captain William Dement, and was armed with 4 12-pounder Napoleons.

Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)

The battery arrived from Harpers Ferry too late to take part in the battle.

Battle of Stephenson’s Depot

A monument to the 1st Maryland Battery is in the town of Stephenson listing the 13 casualties the battery suffered in the fight..

From the wayside marker on the battlefield:

On June 14, 1863, the Confederates attacked the Federals at Winchester. Realizing it was in danger of being surrounded, Milroy’s command evacuated the city during the night. Anticipating the move, Ewell directed Gen. Edward Johnson’s division to block the Union escape route to Harper’s Ferry.

In the pre-dawn darkness, Johnson, with only Gen. George H. Steuart’s brigade and two cannon from the 1st Maryland Battery, moving west on the road to your right, struck the Federals. The Confederate infantry took positions along the railroad tracks and Lt. Col. Snowden Andrews placed the two guns in the road at the bridge (right front).

The Federals repeatedly tried to take the bridge and clear the way. The Confederate line was in danger of collapsing when reinforcements arrived. Additional Southern artillery was placed on the high ground (behind you). When the Federals were repulsed for the last time, Lt. C.S. Contee, commander of the two guns at the bridge, told Andrews, “Col., I have a Sgt. and two men, and the enemy is retreating.” Thirteen of the sixteen artillerists had been killed or wounded. Lee called the stand at the bridge “the Thermopylae of my campaign.”

Battle of Gettysburg

The battery brought 90 men to the field serving four 12-pounder Napoleons under the command of Captain Dement. On July 2 it was posted to Benner’s Hill and took part in the artillery duel with Federal artillery on Cemetery Hill. It lost1 man killed and 4 wounded, as well as 9 horses killed. A caisson was exploded and another disabled.

From the battery’s marker on Benner’s Hill on the Gettysburg battlefield:

July 2. In position here about 4 P. M. and took part in the cannonade against the Union batteries on East Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill which continued over two hours. When the Battalion was withdrawn two guns of the Battery were left here to aid in repelling any attack. Soon afterward they reopened fire in support of the attack of Johnson’s infantry on Culp’s Hill which drew from the Union guns a heavy responsive fire by which Maj. Latimer was mortally wounded.

July 3. Remained in reserve and was not engaged.

July 4. Withdrew from the field with the Battalion.