1ST DELAWARE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Year Dedicated: 1962
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THIS REGIMENT CROSSED ANTIETAM CREEK FORMING RIGHT OF FIRST LINE FRENCH’S DIVISION. ADVANCED WITH HEAVY SKIRMISHING AND BECAME FIERCELY ENGAGED IMMEADIATELY IN FRONT OF SUNKEN ROAD.
8 OF THE 10 COMPANY COMMANDERS AND THE ENTIRE COLOR-GUARD KILLED OR WOUNDED.
LOSSES: OFFICERS KILLED-3, MEN KILLED-26, WOUNDED OFFICERS-10, MEN-172, MISSING-17
TOTAL 228 OF 708 ENGAGED
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