1st Delaware Volunteers, Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland
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N 39° 28.279 W 077° 44.492
18S E 264171 N 4372669
Monument to 1st Delaware Volunteers at Antietam Battlefield.
Waymark Code: WMB1C
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member showbizkid
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1st Delaware Volunteers
Colonel John W. Andrews
3rd Brigade 3rd Division II Corps
On the morning of September 17th 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 the 10 Company Commanders and the entire
Color Guard Killed or Wounded.

Losses
Officers Men
Killed 3 28
Wounded 10 172
Missing -- 17
Total 230 of 708 engaged
Date Installed or Dedicated: 05/26/1962

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Delaware Civil War Centennial Commission

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union

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