5th Maryland Regiment

The 5th Maryland Regiment is a designation which has been held by several units over the years, not all of which necessarily share the same lineage and honors.

The first 5th Maryland Regiment was organized on March 27, 1776, comprising eight companies of volunteers from the counties of Queen Anne's, Kent, Caroline, and Dorchester of the colony of Maryland and was authorized on September 16, 1776, for service with the Continental Army.

[citation needed] Another 5th Maryland, nicknamed "The Dandy Fifth," was formed in 1867.

The lineage of this unit is carried on today by the Maryland Army National Guard's 175th Infantry Regiment.

Instead, it traces its ancestry to militia raised in Baltimore, and its battle honors differ from those of the Revolutionary 5th Regiment.