 After the end of hostilities, the Maryland State Legislature adopted a Militia Act which until, its repeal in 1867, rendered ineligible for military service in Maryland all those who had served the Confederacy.Consequently, it was not until the latter year that the regiment could be reorganized because most of its former members had served in the Southern army.When it was reorganized on 10 May 1867, former members and new ones enlisted and in about two months it had reassembled a complete organization.