Unit

Federal Regiment

2nd Delaware Infantry

"Crazy Delawares"
Organized: Wilmington, DE; mustered in 06-10/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out on 07/01/1864

Commanding Officer:
Capt. David L. Stricker

Map Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #7: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #35: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 15 Sep, 8 PM
   Tablet #34: Richardson's Division, Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 8 PM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
   Tablet #115: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
   Tablet #47: Brooke's Brigade, Richardson's Division - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM
   Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
   Tablet #116, cont: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #44: Richardson's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second (II) Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, II Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps

History of the Unit:
The Regiment was organized in June 1861 under Colonel W. H. Wharton and Lt. Col. William P. Bailey. In October, four additional companies were recruited from neighboring counties of Maryland and Pennsylvania to more quickly bring the unit up to strength. Companies B, D and G from Philadelphia, and Company C from Elkton, Maryland.

The Regiment was on duty at Baltimore until June 1862, when they joined the Army of the Potomac (AoP) on the Penisula Campaign.

The remainder of the War:
They were on the campaigns of the AoP at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Courthouse, and to the trenches at Petersburg. They mustered out at the end of their 3-year term of service in July 1864. Reenlisting veterans and new recruits transferred to the 1st Delaware Infantry for the duration of the War.

References, Sources, and other Notes:
Service details from Dyer1 and Pickett.2

We have 12 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Capt	Stricker, David L
B	Pvt	Conley, Stephen	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Shronk, Joseph	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Brinkman, Adolph	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Cummons, William	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Mumford, Samuel	Died 10/18
E	Pvt	Tapper, George	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Gathiel, Gantholtz	Died 10/21
F	Pvt	Savoy, William P.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Quigley, Edward	KIA 09/17
I	Corp	Russell, Benjamin S.	Died 01/03
Unk	Pvt	Coleman, Henry	Died 10/02

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Notes

1 Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Co., 1908, Part 3 [AotW citation 519]

2 Pickett, John E. , III, First State Regiments, Delaware's Manpower Contribution to The Union in the Civil War, published on
State of Delaware, Government Information Center, and Portal Management Team, State of Delaware, Published c.2001, first accessed 31 May 2006, <http://www.delaware.gov/>, Source page: /gic/facts/history/delreg.htm [AotW citation 520]

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