HISTORICAL NOTES:

The Patapsco Guards was organized at Ellicotts Mills, Maryland, September 25, 1861. The company drew recruits from Ellicotts Mills and Catonville. Through the course of the war, they moved from there to Harpers Ferry (now West Virginia); York, PA; Gettysburg, PA; Harrisburg, PA; and Chambersburg, PA.

FIELD OFFICERS:

McGowan, Thomas S. - Captain
Timanus, Jacob - First Lieutenant
Bewley, Lemuel - Second Lieutenant


ASSIGNMENTS


Organized at Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland, September 25, 1861.
Railroad Brigade, Middle Department, to July, 1862.
Railroad Bridge, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to September, 1862.
Unassigned, 8th Army Corps, to January, 1863.
Attached to Dix's Command, Baltimore, Md., to March, 1863
2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863.
York, Pa., Dept. of the Susquehanna, to December, 1863.
Dept. of the Susquehanna to August, 1865.


SERVICE:

Support services at military hospital in York, PA
Support services at the field hospital at Gettysburg, PA
Provost guards

Harrisburg, PA
Chambersburg, PA

Escorting injured Confederate prisoners to points of exchange
Combat duty

Harpers Ferry, WV
Wrightsville, PA
Chambersburg, PA


ROSTER:

The compiled service records of this company contains the names of 140 men.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:


REFERENCES:

Sifakis - The Compendium of the Confederate Armies

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