This company had been organized on the 19th of April and joined the
military of Baltimore to prevent the passage of troops through the city. It was the first to be mustered into the service of the Confederate States at
the Point of Rocks, and consequently afterward became the senior company of
the First Maryland. Company B, commanded by Captain C. C. Edelin, was also mustered in at the Point of Rocks on the same day — May 21, 1862.