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In June of 1861 a number of Marylanders from Baltimore and the Eastern Shore crossed the Potomac and made their way to Virginia to form a Confederate cavalry regiment. While waiting for their Colonel, a handful of them decided to start up their own artillery battery instead . One hundred forty five men were enlisted and mustered into Confederate service as the First Maryland Artillery (Dement's Battery). In the summer of 1862 they were assigned to Jackson's Army, and during the battle at Cedar Run, it was reported the 1st Maryland's fire was so accurate that they decimated a Federal battery opposite them. Although they suffered many human casualties during the conflict, , the 1st Maryland Artillery never lost a single gun during four years of battle.
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