Two Delaware infantry regiments fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, totalling more than 480 men. Over 160 – one third – became casualties. (see the States at Gettysburg) Delaware also has a state monument near the National Cemetery along Taneytown Road.
Delaware sent over 12,000 men to the Union Army in the Civil War. They were organized into nine regiments of infantry, one each of cavalry and heavy artillery, and one battery of light artillery. Delaware was the only slave state that did not send any organized units to fight for the Confederacy.
The commander of the Army of the Potomac’s Fifth Corps, Major General George Sykes, was a native of Delaware.
Select any of the monuments below to see its Gettysburg monument page.
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State of Delaware |
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2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment |