2nd Maryland Infantry

Carlisle was in the 2nd Regiment Potomac Home Brigade.

Col. John Sommer is my great gerat grandfather

Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry Regiment Maryland on 26 Aug 1861. Mustered Out Company A, 2nd Infantry Regiment Maryland on 17 Jul 1865 at Alexandria, VA. Veteran; wounded in action August 29, 1862, Bull Run, Va., and September 17, 1862, Antietam, Md. Lived at Southern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. If you have any regimental pictures or photos from soldiers home, please let me know.

Joined for duty and enrolled June 21, 1861, in Baltimore for 3 years. Was mustered in at Camp Carroll, July 9, 1861. Reads Joshua (sic - Josiah) Keplinger 1st Sergt, Co. C, 2 Reg't Maryland Infantry Appears on COMPANY MUSTER ROLL for March & April, 1865 - - - Remarks: Killed in action near Petersburg, VA April 2, 1865.

John E. Sullivan, Co. E, 2nd Reg’t, Maryland. D. 15 Aug 1863. Buried in Gettysburg section, Lot 1, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA. Born in Ireland, 1844. Enlisted in Richmond 9 SEP 1862. Wounded in thigh and captured at Gettysburg, 2 JUL 1863. Died of wounds and jaundice 28 JUL 63. Initially buried Gettysburg National Cemetery. Reburied Hollywood Cemetery, 1872.

Enlisted as a Sergeant on 13 July 1861. Enlisted in Company F, 2nd Infantry Regiment Maryland on 13 Jul 1861. Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 10 Mar 1863. Promoted to Full Captain on 24 Oct 1864. Promoted to Brevet Major (Before Petersburg,VA-for gallant & meritorious Svc) on 2 Apr 1865. Promoted to Full Major (Not Mustered) on 10 Jul 1865. Mustered Out Company F, 2nd Infantry Regiment Maryland on 17 Jul 1865 at Alexandria, VA.

James E. Armstrong was the husband of my 2nd great grand aunt. The son of Irish immigrants, he was born in Wilmington, DE in 1840. He enlisted as a private in H. Co., 2nd MD Volunteers, Eastern Shore, on Aug 15, 1862 & kept a very interesting diary of his service. He mustered out on June 15, 1865. Extremely proud of his war service, he attended the march in Washington, D.C. in 1915 that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the war's end & was able to wear his old Union uniform. He died the following year in Baltimore, MD.

James G. Jackson was the husband of my 2nd great grand aunt. He enlisted as a Private in Co. H, Maryland 2nd Eastern Shore Infantry on August 18, 1862. He mustered out of that unit on January 23, 1865 & transferred to Co. H, 11th Maryland Infantry Regiment. He mustered out of the 11th Maryland at Baltimore Maryland on June 15, 1865.