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State Artillery Companies
LINEAGE
- Authorized
on January 14, 1776 in the Maryland State Troops as the 1st and 2nd Maryland State
Artillery Companies.
- Organized
in the spring of 1776 at Baltimore and Annapolis, respectively.
- Reorganized
on October 23, 1776 to consist of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Maryland State Artillery Companies
(3rd Maryland State Artillery Company organized in winter 1776 at Annapolis.)
- Adopted
on November 27 in the Continental Army as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Maryland Continental
Artillery Companies and assigned to the Main
Army.
- 1st
Maryland Continental Artillery Company merged and redesingated on May 9, 1780 as the
11th Company of the 1st Continental
Artillery Regiment.
- 2nd
& 3rd Maryland Continental Artillery Companies merged and redesingated on May
9, 1780 as the 12th Company of the 1st
Continental Artillery Regiment.
HISTORY
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