3RD DELAWARE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL
THIS REGIMENT, WORN DOWN FROM ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE SECOND MANASSAS CAMPAIGN, WENT INTO ACTION SEPT 17, 1862 WITH ONLY FIVE OFFICERS AND 120 MEN. AFTER HEAVY ACTION ALONG THE HAGERSTOWN PIKE, IT HELPED REPULSE CONFEDERATE COUNTER ATTACK FOLLOWING ROUT OF SEDGWICK'S DIVISION.
LOSSES, OFFICERS KILLED 1, WOUNDED 2, MEN KILLED 5, WOUNDED 9, TOTAL OF 17 OF 125 ENGAGED
LOSSES, OFFICERS KILLED 1, WOUNDED 2, MEN KILLED 5, WOUNDED 9, TOTAL OF 17 OF 125 ENGAGED
Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- Cemetery Stones
- 1964
- ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD-DUNKER CHURCH ROAD
- 21782
- CRAIG SWAIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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