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Vol. X, No. 5
(32 pages)

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Cover image
A full-plate albumen photograph from the David Mark collection pictures two corporals of the Maryland Guard Battalion, John Eager Howard of the 1^st Infantry and the 1^st Cavalry, and Charles R. Thompson of the 1^st Cavalry.

Editor’s Desk (p. 1)
The editor notes that this is the very first issue dedicated to a single state—Maryland Troops in the Confederate Army. It is also the third issue dedicated to one man’s collection. (Ronn Palm had the honor of being first in 1987 and Mike McAfee in 1988.)

Mail Call (p. 2)
The letters to the editor include a plea for “More sex!” This is a reference to the gallery Risque Business in the last issue. Another letter describes how someone is forging signatures on cartes de visite and selling them at Civil War shows.

Passing in Review (p. 3)
The issue features reviews of 3 publications, including Winfield Scott Hancock, A Soldier’s Life (Indiana University Press) by David M. Jordan; Cry Comanche (The Hill College Press) by Col. Harold B. Simpson and Gettysburg, videotape of the 1988 battle reenactment (Classic Videos).

Vis-à-vis: Dave Mark (p. 4)
An interview in a question and answer format explores the background and interests of the featured collector of this issue.

Maryland Troops in the Confederate Army (p. 5)
This introduction to the David Mark collection is an overview of Maryland’s participation in the Civil War, which includes a roster of all the Confederate units.

Maryland General Officers (pp. 6-8)
The officers include Brig. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Brig. Gen. John Henry Winder, Brig. Gen. George Hume “Maryland” Steuart, Brig. Gen. James Jay Archer, Brig. Gen. Arnold Elzey, Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell and Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman.

Maryland Naval Officers (pp. 9-11)
The officers include Adm. Franklin Buchanan, Cmdr. James Iredell Waddell, John W. Bennett, Comm. George N. Hollins Sr. and Rear Adm. Raphael Semmes.

Maryland Staff Officers (pp. 12-13)
The officers include Lt. Col. Osmun Latrobe, who served on the staffs of Joseph E. Johnston, David Jones and James Longstreet; Capt. McHenry Howard, who served on the staffs of Charles Winder, “Maryland” Steuert and George Washington Custis Lee; Col. William Norris, Chief of the Confederate Signal Corps and later Chief of the Secret Service Bureau; Maj. Frederick Gustavus Skinner of the 1^st Virginia Infantry, Lt. Col. Edward Murray of the 49^th Virginia Infantry, who also served as assistant adjutant general to Robert E. Lee and Maj. Henry Kyd Douglas, who served on the staffs of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, Edward Johnson and John B. Gordon.

Maryland Artillerymen (pp. 14-15)
The soldiers include Capt. Frederick M. Colston of the Army of Northern Virginia, Lt. Col. Llewellyn Griffith Hoxton of William J. Hardee’s Corps, Capt. William L. Ritter of the 3^rd Maryland Battery, Maj. James Breathed of J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry corps, Pvt. George Addison Cook of Dement’s Battery, 1^st Maryland Artillery, Capt. William Hunter Griffin of the 2^nd Maryland “Baltimore Light” Battery and Lt. Henry Clay Hewitt of Otey’s Battery.

The Maryland Guard Battalion (pp. 16-19)
Identified soldiers include Dewitt Clinton Rench, Charles P. Stewart, John Hudson Snowden, William H. Murray, McHenry Howard, Robert G. Harper Carroll and George P. Kane.

Maryland Infantrymen (pp. 20-22)
Identified soldiers include Capt. William Henry Murray of the 1^st and 2^nd infantries, Pvt. Alexander Murray of the 2^nd Infantry, Maj. William Worthington Goldsborough of the 2^nd Infantry, Sgt. Charles R. Favour of the 12^th and 13^th Virginia infantries, Lt. William Zollinger of the 1^st and 2^nd infantries, Capt. James Thomas Bussey of the 2^nd Infantry, Pvt. William H. Ryan of the 1^st Infantry and 2^nd Cavalry Battalion, Pvt. Robert Scott Young of the 8^th Virginia Infantry and Pvt. John Alexander Hayden of the 2^nd Infantry.

Maryland Cavalrymen (pp. 23-27)
Identified soldiers include Pvt. Thaddeus Clary of the 11^th Virginia Cavalry and McNeill’s Rangers; Pvt. John B. Williamson of McNeill’s Rangers and the 2^nd Cavalry Battalion; Capt. William I. Rasin of the 1^st Clary (he led the final cavalry charge at Appomattox); Lt. Col. Harry W. Gilmor of the 7^th Virginia Cavalry, 12^th Virginia Cavalry and 2^nd Cavalry; Lt. Col. Elijah Viers White of the 7^th Virginia Cavalry, White’s Rebels and the 35^th Virginia Cavalry Battalion; James L. Clark of the 1^st Infantry, 12^th Virginia Cavalry and 2^nd Cavalry; Capt. Jesse Brandenburg of the 2^nd Cavalry Battalion; Lt. Edward Beatty of the 1^st Cavalry; James W. Jenkins Jr. of the 1^st Cavalry; Capt. Nathan Chew Hobbs of the 1^st Virginia Cavalry, Pvt. Thomas P. Williams of the 1^st Cavalry; Pvt. Daniel Giraud Wright of the 1^st Infantry and Mosby’s guerillas; Cpl. Elijah Bishop of the 25^th Virginia Cavalry; Lt. William H.B. Dorsey of the 1^st Infantry and 1^st Cavalry and Capt. George Ridgeley Gaither of the 1^st Virginia Cavalry.

Stragglers (pp. 28-29)
Six images from the David Mark collection are unidentified Confederate soldiers who may have hailed from Maryland or served in Maryland military organizations.

Sutler’s Row (p. 32)

Back cover
A carte de visite from the David Mark collection pictures two Maryland Confederates, James McHenry Howard of the 1^st Infantry and Pelham’s Battery of Stuart’s Horse Artillery, and his brother David Ridgely Howard of the 2^nd Infantry.