Federal Regiment

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.

Maps Showing this Unit

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 #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 36 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Quigley, Edward	KIA 09/17
A	Capt	Stricker, David L
B	Pvt	Buzby, Charles	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Conly, Stephen	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Dickerson, Charles	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Dickinson, Solomon	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Elkin, William	AWOL 09/15
B	Pvt	Hamilton, George B.F.	MWIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Lake, Jr., Joshua	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Orell, John	AWOL 09/15
B	Pvt	Savoy, William P.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Shronk, Joseph	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Sloan, Robert	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Bennett, Henry	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Foreacre, Isaac	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Coleman, Henry D.	MWIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Ogden, John L.	KIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Pierce, Josiah P.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Sayres, Livingston	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Wier, James	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Brinkman, Adolph	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Cummins, William	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Tapper, George	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Wein, Jacob	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Albertus, John	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Carr, Wiliam
F	Pvt	Gentholf, George	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Loehr, Joseph
F	Pvt	Mumford, Littleton
G	Pvt	Brown, John	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Cake, Henry	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Callahan, Cornelius	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Hyland, John	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Noble, John	KIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Fox, Richard K.	KIA 09/17
F&S	Surg	Houston, David Henry

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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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