Formation of The First Battalion of Maryland Loyalists
The First Battalion of Maryland Loyalists was composed primarily of colonists from the Eastern Shore of Maryland; it was commissioned in British-held Philadelphia in Mid-October, 1777 as "The First Battalion of Maryland Loyalists." The unit's commander, Lt. Col. James Chalmers of Newtown, Maryland, (today known as Chestertown, Maryland), was an active loyalist writer.
The regiment saw limited action before being shipped off to Pensacola, Florida, to fight the Spanish in the fall of 1778. A number of soldiers of the regiment died of smallpox upon arrival. Their garrison was subsequently defeated by the Spanish. After a brief time as prisoners in Cuba, the Maryland Loyalists were eventually sent back to New York City, the command center for British forces in the war.
After the war, the members of the regiment, along with many loyalists from various colonies, were transported by the British Government as refugees to Nova Scotia. In the fall of 1783, a ship carrying members of the First Battalion of Maryland Loyalists was shipwrecked off the coast of Nova Scotia. The survivors made up the first citizens of a new province: New Brunswick.
The Maryland Loyalist Battalion is also a Revolutionary War reenacting unit based in Baltimore, Maryland.
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