1st Delaware Infantry Regiment
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1st Delaware Volunteer Infantry Regiment 1st Delaware Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
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| Active | May 22, 1861 – July 12, 1865 |
| Country |
 United States of America
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| Allegiance |
Union
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| Branch | Union Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Role | Infantry |
| Size | 4206 (total) |
| Part of |
3rd Brigade—3rd Division—II Corps 2nd Brigade—3rd Division—II Corps Gibraltar (3rd) Brigade—2nd Division—II Corps Dix's Command—Department of the Potomac |
| Equipment | Springfield Model 1842 |
| Engagements | American Civil War |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Henry Hayes Lockwood John William Andrews Thomas Alfred Smyth Edward P. Harris Daniel Woodall Joseph C. Nicholls |
The 1st Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry was a United States volunteer infantry regiment raised for Union Army service in the American Civil War. Part of the II Corps it served in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
When the Civil War began in April 1861, there were only about 16,000 men in the U.S. Army, and many Southern soldiers and officers were already resigning and joining the new Confederate States Army. With this drastic shortage of men in the army, President Abraham Lincoln called on the states to raise a force of 75,000 volunteers for three months to put down the insurrection in the South. Accordingly, the 1st Delaware was raised at Wilmington, Delaware, on May 22, 1861, and mustered into Federal service on May 28. The regiment comprised 37 officers and 742 enlisted men under the command of Colonel Henry H. Lockwood.
The original Field & Staff were:
Colonel: Henry H. Lockwood
Lieutenant Colonel: John W. Andrews
Major: Robert Lamott
Surgeon: R. W. Johnson
Assistant-Surgeon: James Knight
Adjutant: Lieutenant W. P. Seville
Quartermaster: H. Alderdice
The original Company Commanders were:
Co. A (Delaware Blues): Cpt. Evans Watson
Co. B: Cot. Charles Lamott
Co. C: Cpt. James Bare
Co. D: Cpt. James Green
Co. E (Wilmington Rifles): Cpt. Robert Mulligan
Co. F: Cpt. Thomas Crossley
Co. G (Sussex Volunteers): Cpt. J. Rodney Layton
Co. H: Cpt. S.H. Jenskins
Co. I: Cpt. James Leonard
Co. K: Cpt. Smith
The regiment was attached to the command of Major General John Dix ('Dix's Command", Department of the Potomac) and assigned to duty along the line of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. The regiment mustered out on August 30, 1861.
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