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2nd Delaware Infantry

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

 

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
  Capt. David L. Stricker

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 2nd Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps


Unit history

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.

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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

After the Antietam Campaign

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 & Notes

Service details from Dyer1 and Pickett.2

We have 35 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
APvtQuigley, Edward KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ACaptStricker, David L        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
BPvtBuzby, Charles WIA   09/17
BPvtConly, Stephen KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtDickerson, Charles WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtDickinson, Solomon KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtElkin, William AWOL   09/15     We have some details for this person
BPvtHamilton, George B.F.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BSgtLake, Josiah WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtOrell, John AWOL   09/15     We have some details for this person
BPvtSavoy, William P.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtShronk, Joseph KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtSloan, Robert WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CCorpBennett, Henry KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtForeacre, Isaac MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtColeman, Henry D.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DSgtOgden, John L.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DSgtPierce, Josiah P.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtSayres, Livingston WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DSgtWier, James WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtBrinkman, Adolph KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtCummins, William KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtTapper, George KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtWein, Jacob WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtAlbertus, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtCarr, Wiliam         We have some details for this person
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GPvtBrown, John WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtCake, Henry WIA   09/17
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HPvtHyland, John MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtNoble, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KSgtFox, Richard K.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person

 

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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]