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List Of Delaware Civil War Units
{{Short description, none Infantry *1st Delaware Infantry Regiment *2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment *3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment *4th Delaware Infantry Regiment *5th Delaware Infantry Regiment *6th Delaware Infantry Regiment *7th Delaware Infantry Regiment *8th Delaware Infantry Regiment *9th Delaware Infantry Regiment *Sterling's Infantry Company Cavalry *1st Delaware Cavalry Battalion, 1st Delaware Cavalry Regiment *Milligan's Independent Cavalry Company Artillery *1st (Nields' Independent) Battery, Light Artillery *Ahl's Heavy Artillery Company ReferencesThe Civil War Archive See also *Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State Units and formations of the Union Army from Delaware, Delaware-related lists, Civil War Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War, Delaware ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1st Delaware Infantry Regiment
The 1st Delaware Infantry Regiment, later known as the 1st Delaware Veteran Infantry Regiment was a United States volunteer infantry regiment raised for Union Army service in the American Civil War. Part of the II Corps it served in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Organisation and Remusterings 90-Day Volunteers When the Civil War began in April 1861, there were only about 16,000 men in the U.S. Army, and many Southern soldiers and officers were already resigning and joining the new Confederate States Army. With this drastic shortage of men in the army, President Abraham Lincoln called on the states to raise a force of 75,000 volunteers for three months to put down the insurrection in the South. Accordingly, the 1st Delaware Infantry Regiment was raised at Wilmington, Delaware, on May 22, 1861, and mustered into Federal service on May 28. The regiment comprised 37 officers and 742 enlisted men under the command of Colonel Henry H. Lockwood. The original Field & Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment
The 2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 2nd Delaware Infantry was organized at Wilmington, Delaware June 12 through October 7, 1861, and mustered in October 17, 1861, for three years' service under the command of Colonel W. Henry Wharton. Companies B, D, and G were recruited in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Company C was recruited in Elkton, Maryland. The regiment was attached to Dix's Command until June 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps, to June 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, II Corps, to July 1864. The 2nd Delaware Infantry mustered out of service July 1, 1864. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 1st Delaware Infantry Regiment. Detailed service Moved to Baltimore, Maryland, October 1861. Duty at Baltimore, until June 1862. Expedition through Accomac County November 14–22, 1861. Ordered to join the Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment
The 3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment was organized at Camden, Delaware beginning December 30, 1861 and mustered in May 15, 1862 for three years of service. The regiment was attached to Slough's Brigade, Defenses of Washington, D.C., May 1862. Slough's 2nd Brigade, Sigel's Division, Department of the Shenandoah, to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, II Corps, Army of Virginia, to August 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, II Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XII Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1862. Defenses of Baltimore, Maryland, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to January 1863. 3rd Separate Brigade, VIII Corps, to October 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, VIII Corps, to May 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps, to June 1865. The 3rd Delaware Infantry mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Delaware Infantry Regiment
The 4th Delaware Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 4th Delaware Infantry Regiment was organized at Wilmington, Delaware beginning June through November 1862 and mustered in for three years' service. The regiment was attached to Defenses of Baltimore, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to December 1862. Busteed's Independent Brigade, IV Corps, Department of Virginia, to May 1863. King's Independent Brigade, IV Corps, to June 1863. Unattached, IV Corps, to July. Unassigned, King's Division, XXII Corps, Department of Washington, to January 1864. Tyler's Division, XXII Corps, to May 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps, to June 1865. The 4th Delaware Infantry mustered out of service June 3, 1865. Detailed service Ordered to Baltimore, Maryland, September 1862. Duty in the defenses of Baltimore until December 1862. Ordered to Yorkto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Delaware Infantry Regiment
The 5th Delaware Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 5th Delaware Infantry Regiment was organized October 25, 1862 and mustered in November 26, 1862. The regiment was attached to District of Delaware, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to July 1863. 2nd Separate Brigade, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to August. The 5th Delaware Infantry mustered out of service August 12, 1863. Detailed service Duty in Delaware and as garrison at Fort Delaware, and guard duty on line of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad from Perryville to Baltimore, until August 1863. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 3 enlisted men during service, all due to disease. Notable members * Captain Lammot du Pont I, Company B - chemist and a key member of the du Pont family and its company See also * List of Delaware Civil War units * Delaware in the Civil War The history of Delaware as a political entity dates back to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Delaware Infantry Regiment
The 6th Delaware Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army in the American Civil War. The regiment was formed in Delaware in late 1862 with a 90-day term of enlistment. According to the regiment's service terms, the men of the regiment would continue their civilian occupations, drilling twice a week, until called upon for active duty; they would not be paid until they entered active service. The regiment completed formation on December 18, 1862, but would not be called into active service until June 27, 1863 under the command of Colonel Edwin Wilmer. While on active service, the regiment guarded a railroad in Maryland and also guarded prisoners of war at Fort Delaware. By August 23, all but one of the regiment's companies had been mustered out of service; the final one, Company I, ended its service on September 5. History During the middle of 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a request for 300,000 men to join the Union Army as 90-day volu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Delaware Infantry Regiment
The 7th Delaware Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army in the American Civil War. Raised in response to the Confederate cavalry raid into Maryland in mid-1864, the regiment guarded railroad bridges and garrisoned the Baltimore defenses during its month of service. History The 7th Delaware Infantry Regiment was organized at Wilmington, Delaware for 30 days emergency service on 12 July 1864, in response to Confederate cavalry commander Jubal Early's raid into Maryland and the Union defeat at the Battle of Monocacy, to guard the approaches to Wilmington. Recruiting for the regiment began on 11 July, when Delaware Governor William Cannon issued a proclamation calling for a thirty day regiment to protect the railroads at the request of Wallace. 300 volunteers were recruited from southern Delaware by Provost Marshal Edwin Wilmer who made impassioned speeches from a special train, urging able-bodied men to leave their work and return to Wilmington aboard the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Delaware Infantry Regiment
The 8th Delaware Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 8th Delaware Infantry Regiment was organized at Wilmington, Delaware in October 1864 and mustered in for one year's service. The regiment was attached to Engineer Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to January 12, 1865. Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac, to March 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865. The 8th Delaware Infantry mustered out of service June 5, 1865. Detailed service Ordered to City Point, Virginia, reporting there October 13, 1864. Duty in the defenses of City Point, and provost duty at General Army Headquarters until March 16, 1865. Joined V Corps March 18. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 29. White Oak Ridge March 31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3–9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Delaware Infantry Regiment
The 9th Delaware Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army between August 30, 1864 and January 23, 1865, during the American Civil War. Service The 9th Delaware Infantry Regiment was organized at Wilmington, Delaware, for a hundred-day service on August 30, 1864. Straight away it was assigned guard duty at Fort Delaware to guard prisoners. On January 23, 1865, it was mustered out. During its service the regiment lost eleven to disease.Dyer (1959), Volume 3. p. 1,018. See also *List of Delaware Civil War units {{Short description, none Infantry *1st Delaware Infantry Regiment *2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment *3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment *4th Delaware Infantry Regiment *5th Delaware Infantry Regiment *6th Delaware Infantry Regiment *7th Delaware Infantr ... References Bibliography * Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion''. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. {{LCCN, 5912963. Units and forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Delaware Cavalry Battalion
The 1st Delaware Cavalry Battalion was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army in the American Civil War. Raised in late 1862, the 1st Delaware Cavalry Battalion was initially to be raised as the 1st Delaware Cavalry Regiment, but was reduced to a battalion due to the inability of the state to fill a cavalry regiment to full strength. It served on provost duty in Maryland and Delaware from 1863 to early 1864, and fought in the action at Westminster known as Corbit's Charge during the Gettysburg Campaign. It participated in the Overland Campaign in June 1864, then returned to Maryland after the Confederate cavalry raid of Jubal Early. It remained there for the remainder of the war, and was mustered out after its end. History The first attempts to raise cavalry units for active service in Delaware were made by Napoleon Bonaparte Knight, who was authorized to raise a battalion of four companies on 13 August 1862. Delaware politician George P. Fisher was commissioned by the Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milligan's Independent Cavalry Company
{{Short description, none Infantry *1st Delaware Infantry Regiment *2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment *3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment *4th Delaware Infantry Regiment *5th Delaware Infantry Regiment *6th Delaware Infantry Regiment *7th Delaware Infantry Regiment *8th Delaware Infantry Regiment *9th Delaware Infantry Regiment *Sterling's Infantry Company Cavalry *1st Delaware Cavalry Regiment * Milligan's Independent Cavalry Company Artillery *1st (Nields' Independent) Battery, Light Artillery *Ahl's Heavy Artillery Company Ahl's Independent Company, Heavy Artillery (officially known as the 1st Delaware Heavy Artillery) was a heavy artillery battery that served in the Union army in the American Civil War. The company was mainly composed of former Confederate prisoners ... ReferencesThe Civil War Archive See also * Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State Civil War Delaware ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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