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2ND DELAWARE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL

2ND DELAWARE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD-SUNKEN ROAD

City: SHARPSBURG

State: Maryland

Zip Code: 21782

Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones

Year Dedicated: 1964

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

THIS REGIMENT OF RICHARDSON’S RESERVE BRIGADE CROSSED ANTIETAM CREEK, ADVANCED WITH DIVISION AND CAME UNDER HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE WHILE HOLDING POSITION IMMEDIATELY BEYOND CREST OF THIS RIDGE. IT MOVED TO RIGHT AND HELPED REPULSE COUNTERATTACK IN GAP BETWEEN FRENCH AND RICHARDSON’S DIVISIONS. IN FINAL ASSAULT ON BLOODY LANE, THE REGIMENT CROSSED HERE AND TOOK POSSESSION OF PIPER FARM BUILDING UNTIL ORDERED TO RETIRE.
LOSSES-MEN KILLED 12
WOUNDED-OFFICERS 2, MEN 42
MISSING-2
TOTAL-58


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