Camp DuPont (NC 79) - Wilmington, DE
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 39° 44.747 W 075° 38.606
18S E 444873 N 4399740
The Fourth Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry camped here June to October 1862. The marker is located on Faulkland Road at the intersection of W. Oakland Drive, Wilmington DE 19808 in Brandywine Springs Park.
Waymark Code: WM11D76
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2019
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Camp DuPont-First established May, 1861. The Fourth Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry camped here June to October 1862, whence they moved to a camp of the same name near Kennett Pike. The remustered First Delaware Regiment camped here in early February 1864, following a 30-day furlough before returning to active service in Virginia. The camp was named to honor Rear Admiral Samuel F. DuPont.
Erected 1966 by Civil War Centennial Commission. (Marker Number NC-79.)
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