Maryland contributed 17 officers to the Confederate cause and six did not survive the war. Below is a list of the famous(and some not so famous)Marylanders who went South:
Brig. General James Jay Archer
Brig. General Joseph Lancaster Brent
Maj. General Arnold Elzey (Jones)
Brig. General Bradley Tyler Johnson
Brig. General Lewis Henry Little
Brig. General Mansfield Lovell
Brig. General William Whann Mackall
Brig. General George Hume (Maryland) Steuart jr.
Brig. General Allen E Thomas
Brig General Lloyd Tilghman sr
Maj. General Issac Ridgeway Trimble
Brig. General Robert Charles Tyler
Brig. General Charles Sydney Winder
Brig. General John Henry Winder
Admiral Franklin Buchanan
Admiral Raphael Semmes
Commodore George Nicholas Hollins
My goal in the coming weeks is to prepare a small bio on these gallant men as well as lesser known Maryland Confederates. My thanks goes out to Mark Peters, my friend from across the pond who has been asking me to start blogging away again. Thanks for the encouragement Mark and the A-1 steak sauce will be sent when you and Yan need it!
Welcome back Mark. Sorry I hadn’t noticed before, but look forward to catching up on your most recent posts. That A1 steak sauce is good!
You might consider adding Com. James Iredell Waddell to your list. Commanded the Maryland Navy during the Oyster wars, had a house in Preston, buried in Annapolis. Fired the last shots of the Civil War in the Bering Sea, not realizing the war was over.Several good books about his cruise of the CSS Shenandoah.Born in N.Carolina.