2nd Maryland Infantry Battalion

Descendants Association

 

Soldier's Notes

 

Private David Hammett, Company D, was captured at Hatcher's Run during the breakthrough on April 2, 1865.

Private James Luther Castle, Company C, was captured in the vicinity of Petersburg on April 3, 1865 and sent to Hart's Island New York. He was released on June 4, 1865.

Private Thomas F. Magill, Company B, a resident of Great Mills, St. Mary's County, Maryland, enlisted on August 23, 1862 at Richmond. He was wounded in the right thigh and captured at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Sent to David's Island, Long Island Sound, New York, he was exchanged on September 27, 1863 and remained in hospital in Richmond until February 9, 1864. He surrender on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox and died at age 36 in Cedar Point, St.Mary's County, Maryland on November 11, 1885.

 

 

 

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