1st Delaware Volunteers - Sharpsburg, MD
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N 39° 28.281 W 077° 44.491
18S E 264172 N 4372673
A monument erected in the memory of the 1st Delaware Volunteers is located at the west end of the Sunken Road now known as Bloody Lane at the Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, MD.
Waymark Code: WMT56Z
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2016
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Antietam National Battlefield consists of 2,743 acres and the Civil War Trust has preserved an additional 240 acres around the battlefield site. Antietam was one of the first five Civil War battlefields to be preserved by the Federal Government on August 30, 1890. Between 1896 and 1898 the U.S. War Department placed over 300 tablets to mark the location of individual regiments during important aspects of the Battle of Antietam which occurred on September 17, 1862. Since 1933 the Department of the Interior has maintained the battlefield.
Bloody Lane was the site of heavy fighting. This 6' high granite monument was erected in memory of the 1st Delaware Volunteers. It describes their position and actions at the Subken Road now known as Bloody Lane. It is located at the left end of Bloody Lane and is inscribed: inscribed:
DELAWARE
1ST DELAWARE VOLUNTEERS
COLONEL JOHN W. ANDREWS
3RD BRIGADE, 3RD DIVISION, II CORPS
ON THE MORNING OF SEPT. 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 THE 10 COMPANY COMMANDERS AND ENTIRE
COLOR-GUARD KILLED OR WOUNDED
LOSSES
OFFICERS MEN
KILLED 3 26
WOUNDED 10 172
MISSING - 17
TOTAL 230 OF 708 ENGAGED
ERECTED BY THE
DELAWARE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION
MAY 26, 1962
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Entrance fees (if it applies): 5.00
Type of memorial: Monument
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