During the Civil War, some states and their citizens were on the fence on slavery. The state of Maryland sent soldiers to the Union and the Confederacy depending on their statue on whether or not they were for blacks to be on plantations or being free. The monument for the state reflects this. It has two wounded soldiers on it, one from the Union and one from the Confederacy. This monument was dedicated in November 1994, and is located near Ziegler’s Grove.
The Maryland confederacy had only had one infantry regiment which was the 2nd Maryland. The other regiments were the 1st Cavalry and the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Maryland Artillery. In total, there were 980 soldiers and there was about 250 casualties during the three days at Gettysburg. The confederacy of Maryland had the least percentage of their participants becoming casualties. However, for the Union from Maryland had about 2100 soldiers.
Along the far eastern side of the battlefield is Lower and Upper Culp’s Hill. There is a monument here that was dedicated as the first Confederate statue on the battlefield and it was dedicated in 1884. It was designated as the 2nd Maryland Infantry, however, it was known as the 1st Maryland Battalion.
The 1st Maryland Battalion was commanded by Lt. Col. James Herbert. He, along with his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th person in command were all wounded and in the end, Captain James P. Crane took command. They brought 400 soldiers to fight on July 2nd and July 3rd, and 55 soldiers were killed and 118 soldiers were wounded. Maryland soldiers usually knew someone from either the North or the South fighting each other. For example, Color Sergeant Robert Ross of the Union Maryland regiment was a cousin to Color Sergeant P.M. Moore of the Confederate Maryland battalion.