Federal Regiment

1st Delaware Infantry

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. John W. Andrews
LCol. Oliver Hopkinson

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second Army Corps
  Division - 3rd Division, 2nd Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps

Unit history

First Regiment, Delaware Volunteers - Under President Abraham Lincoln's first call for volunteers, 75,000 men were needed for three months service to 'put down the rebellion.' Delaware's quota of this first call for volunteers was 780 men. This was rapidly met by the formation of the First Regiment Delaware Volunteers which was mustered into Federal service on May 28, 1861. At that time it had 37 officers and 742 enlisted men under the command of Colonel Henry H. Lockwood. This 90 day unit was mustered out early on August 17, 1861.

On October 17, 1861, the First Delaware was reorganized and mustered in as the state's second three year regiment. This time around the First Delaware had 37 officers and 846 men under Colonel John W. Andrews.

On the Antietam Campaign

Text on the 1st Delaware Monument, erected near the Sunken Road on the Antietam Battlefield in 1962:

On the morning of September 17, 1862 this regiment crossed Antietam Creek forming right of first line of French's Division. Advanced with heavy skirmishing through Roulette Farm and became fiercely engaged immediately, in front of Sunken Road. Withdrew to stronger position 100 yards north of here. 8 of 10 Company Commanders and entire color-guard killed or wounded.

Statistics

Initial Strength: 708; Killed in Action (KIA): 36; Wounded (WIA): 182;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 30.8%

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #6: French's Division Hits the Sunken Road (9-10 am)
Detail Map #9: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road (10-11 am)
Detail Map #10: Confederate Counterattacks in the Center (11 am-1 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #35: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 15 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #115: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #40: French's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #43: Weber's Brigade, French's Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #116, cont: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM

More on the Web

Captain William Penn Seville (Co. E) wrote a basic regimental history in 1884 which is online from the Hathi Trust. His daughter Marian Wells Seville donated a collection of photographs (CDVs) of some of the regiment's officers to the Smithsonian Institution in 1931 [online via Flickr].

References & Notes

Source: "First State Regiments" from Delaware.Gov online

We have 140 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Corp	Booth, Joseph E.	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Brierly, John	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Brierly, Robert	WIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Chambers, Thomas	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Colwell, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Crow, John	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Farrell, Jesse D.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Geer, William	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Haskins, Thomas	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hyatt, Jacob S.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Kelley, Joshua	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Kerbaugh, John J.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lee, Benjamin F.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lindsey, John	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lock, William	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	McGarrity, John	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	McGuire, James	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Miller, Charles	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Moseley, Edward	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Nelson, Alfred	WIA 09/17
A	Lt	Postles, James Parke
A	Pvt	Postles, William George	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Shepherd, Eli	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Sheppard, John	WIA 09/17
A	Capt	Watson, Evan S.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Winslow, Charles H.	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Gregg, Solomon	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Lattimer, Thillian	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Laughlin, Samuel	KIA 09/17
B	Capt	Leonard, James	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Shaw, William	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Wilson, Bayard M.	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Wood, Nelson M.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Barton, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Boyle, Sr., Manus	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Callen, Edward	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Conner, Hugh	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Duffy, Daniel	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Igiams, Charles	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Jerels, Jonathan	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Lawrence, David	KIA 09/17
C	Lt	Lewis, James	WIA 09/16
C	Corp	McCarren, Bernard
C	Pvt	O'Brian, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	O'Neal, John	KIA 09/17
C	Capt	Rickards, James L.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Bell, Oliver Louis	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Blades, Major G.	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Boone, James D.	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Camperson, George R.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Carlan, John H.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Clarke, William H.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Connor, Hugh	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	George, John	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Hamilton, William	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Lewis, William	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Quinn, Edward	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Robinson, George J.	AWOL 09/16
D	Pvt	Robinson, Rueben	AWOL 09/17
D	Lt	Smith, William Frances
D	Capt	Yardley, David Sellers	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Arcurius, James	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Brown, John	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bryon, David A.	KIA 09/17
E	Lt	Gemmill, Jr., David Wilson	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Holloway, James W.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	McColley, Joseph P.	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Melson, Minos J.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Mumford, Samuel	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Smith, John H.	KIA 09/17
E	Lt	Swiggett, William Yardley	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Watson, Nicholas R.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Wilkinson, Matthias	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Aubblebock, Edward	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Bishop, Risdon H.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Chance, Thomas G.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Dickson, James P.	MWIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Eccles, John W.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Johnson, John H.	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Lucas, James Henry	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Mayberry, John B
F	Sgt	McAllister, Samuel Allister
F	Pvt	McGeehan, Bernard	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Scott, Eben	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Simpson, James	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Simpson, Thomas A.	MWIA 09/17
F	Capt	Woodall, Daniel	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Aver, Mathias	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Barchenel, Eugene	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Bartley, James	AWOL 09/10
G	Pvt	Chalfont, Halliday M.	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Jones, George W.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Robelen, Charles H.	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Senn, Thomas	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Seville, William T.	MWIA 09/17
G	Capt	Shortledge, Allen	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Simmons, George	AWOL 09/01
G	Pvt	Spencer, Hugh S.	AWOL 09/15
G	Sgt	Spicer, Philip R.	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Sweeney, Thomas M.	MWIA 09/17
G	Corp	Thomas, Samuel T.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Wilson, Andrew	AWOL 09/20
H	Pvt	Baxter, Alexander	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Campbell, Eli	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Carroll, Lewis	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Cerigan, Patrick	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Cheever, Anthony	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Curry, John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Gilpin, Nathaniel	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Glatty, Lawrence	AWOL 09/14
H	Pvt	Gregory, Philip	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Meally, Wilson	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Pickering, Hiram	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Porter, Jehu	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Porter, William	WIA 09/17
H	Lt	Tanner, Charles B	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Walker, John J.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Welsh, Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Wilson, Frank S.	AWOL 09/20
H	Sgt	Yearsley, James C.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Appleton, John Savin
I	Pvt	Bowman, Robert B.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Campbell, William	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Guthrie, William	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Barnes, John	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Beddle, Jonathan	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Blissard, David	AWOL 09/17
K	Pvt	Bolden, Thomas	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Clark, James E.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Clowet, Clarkson	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Dutton, George	AWOL 09/17
K	Pvt	Hollowell, Thomas E.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hudson, William	AWOL 09/17
K	Pvt	Jerrell, George	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Likens, Thomas	KIA 09/17
K	Corp	McElwee, Samuel L.	WIA 09/17
F&S	Col	Andrews, John William
F&S	LCol	Hopkinson, Oliver P.	WIA 09/17
F&S	Corp	McKee, James	AWOL 09/17
F&S	Maj	Smyth, Thomas Alfred

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