William Smallwood
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William Smallwood was an American planter, military officer and politician from Charles County, Maryland. He served in the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of major general. He was servi
Portrait by Robert Edge Pine, c. 1785–1788
A July 1782 letter from George Washington to Smallwood asking for an update on Continental Army troop recruitment
General George Washington Resigning His Commission, an 1824 portrait by John Trumbull that now is on display in the United States Capitol rotunda, depicts Smallwood (the third person behind Washington).
Gravestone of Smallwood at Smallwood's Retreat near Marbury, Maryland
1st Maryland Regiment
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The 1st Maryland Regiment originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on 14 January 1776. It was organized in the spring at Baltimore, Maryland and Annapolis
1st Maryland Regiment holding the line at the Battle of Guilford Court House
4 Companies of the Lord Stirling and Mordecai Gist's 1st Maryland, "The Maryland 400" in a rear-guard action, counter-attacked the surprise British breakthrough at the Battle of Long Island 6 times in order to enable of the rest of the brigade to escape. Painting by Alonzo Chappel, 1858.