Sep 29, 2022 - Sale 2615

Sale 2615 - Lot 85

Price Realized: $ 875
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Record books of the 2nd Maryland Infantry, Company F, including morning reports and clothing accounts. 3 volumes. Folio, about 14 x 11 inches, original sheep with gilt cover labels, worn and partly disbound; moderate dampstaining. Various places, September 1861 to December 1864
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The Second Maryland Infantry (Union) was recruited in the summer of 1861, and suffered terrible losses at both the Second Battle of Bull Run and Antietam in mid-1862 which greatly reduced its ranks. The remnants of the regiment were also at Fredericksburg and the Siege of Knoxville, where many were captured and sent to Andersonville Prison. These three company record books include:

"Company Morning Reports." [87] manuscript pages. Daily counts of soldiers present for duty, day-by-day company location, and daily remarks including notes on individual soldiers killed, wounded or off to the hospital. The entries at the end of August 1862 list several soldiers missing or wounded at Bull Run. On 17 September 1862, the day of Antietam, Captain Malcolm Wilson and Private John Fraser are listed as killed in action. September 1861 to January 1864.

"Company Orders." [3] manuscript pages of orders from September to December 1861, including "Corporal Lecompte and Private Charles T. Ford will not receive their ration of meat for 3 days, on account of having thrown theirs away today" (4 October 1861). Followed by [58] manuscript pages of clothing accounts and receipts for individual soldiers, March 1863 to January 1864. Laid in is a 2-page list of the company's officers and non-commissioned officers with notes through June 1863.

"Company Clothing." [96], 57 manuscript pages. Running accounts with individual soldiers. September 1861-December 1864.