3RD DELAWARE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
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, WORN DOWN FROM ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE SECOND MANASSAS CAMPAIGN, WENT INTO ACTION SEPT 17, 1862 WITH ONLY FIVE OFFICERS AND 120 MEN. AFTER HEAVY ACTION ALONG THE HAGERSTOWN PIKE, IT HELPED REPULSE CONFEDERATE COUNTER ATTACK FOLLOWING ROUT OF SEDGWICK’S DIVISION.
LOSSES, OFFICERS KILLED 1, WOUNDED 2, MEN KILLED 5, WOUNDED 9, TOTAL OF 17 OF 125 ENGAGED
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