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Introduction[edit | edit source]

Though Delaware contributed 16 military units to the Union Army, the citizens of Delaware were divided in their feelings about the war. Some were for slavery; others were against it, and still others thought it would fade away if left alone.^[1]

Delaware Military Units[edit | edit source]

Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies.

The information in the lists of Delaware Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site. This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

Delaware Military Units by Number or Type of Unit

Union Units

Roster[edit | edit source]

A roster of Delaware volunteers is given at the end of the following work:

Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Delaware, 1609-1888. Two Volumes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L.J. Richards, 1888. Google Books. (Family History Library film 1000154 items 1-2.) Lists place mustered, officers, and casualties.

Service Records[edit | edit source]

An index to compiled Delaware military service records is available at the Family History Library (Family History Library films 881617-20.)

The service records have not been microfilmed yet and are available only at the National Archives. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, residence, and death date.

Pension Records[edit | edit source]

Civil War Pension Index Cards - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch Record Search. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included.

Other Sources[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Delaware History Museum. Delaware in the Civil War. (accessed 21 January 2011).

[DE_in_CW-1] Delaware History Museum. Delaware in the Civil War. (accessed 21 January 2011).

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-During the Civil War, Delaware raised 16 military units for the Union. Their records can be found in state records shown on this page, unit records which may be found on the military unit pages (see below for links), or [[United States Civil War 1861 to 1865, Part 2|federal records]]. For ideas on how to begin searching for your Civil War ancestor, see [[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]].<br>[[Image:Delaware flag.png|thumb|right|300px]]
+=== Introduction  ===
-=== Introduction- Delaware in the Civil War  ===
+Though Delaware contributed 16 military units to the Union Army, the citizens of Delaware were divided in their feelings about the war. Some were for slavery; others were against it, and still others thought it would&nbsp;fade away&nbsp;if left alone.<ref name="DE in CW">Delaware History Museum. [http://www.hsd.org/civilwar.htm Delaware in the Civil War]. (accessed 21 January 2011).</ref><br>
-Though [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] contributed 16 military units to the Union Army, the citizens of Delaware were divided in their feelings about the war. Some were for slavery; others were against it, and still others thought it would fade away if left alone.<ref name="DE in CW">Delaware History Museum. [http://www.hsd.org/civilwar.htm Delaware in the Civil War]. (accessed 21 January 2011).</ref>
 === Delaware Military Units  ===
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 Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies.
-<br>The information in the lists of Delaware Military Units comes from the [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] web site. This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.
+<br>The information in the lists of&nbsp;Delaware Military Units comes from the [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] web site. This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier. <br>
-<center>'''Delaware Military Units by Number or Type of Unit'''</center><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; color: black; padding-top: 5px">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 63px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Delaware Civil War Units|By Unit Number]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Delaware Civil War Union Infantry Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Delaware Civil War Union Cavalry Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Delaware Civil War Union Artillery Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Delaware Civil War Union Unassigned Units|Un- assigned]]</div>
+<center>'''Delaware Military Units by Number or Type of Unit'''</center><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Delaware Civil War Units|By Unit Number]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Delaware Civil War Union Infantry Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Delaware Civil War Union Cavalry Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Delaware Civil War Union Artillery Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Delaware Civil War Union Unassigned Units|Unassigned]]</div>
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-=== Related Sources ===
+=== Roster  ===
-*John T. Fallon, comp. ''List of synonyms of organizations in the volunteer service of the United States during the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, and '65'' Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885 {{FSDL|241061}}
-*''Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War 1861-1866'' Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918. For Delaware see pages 51-53 This section will include a bibliography of war related state publications, published unit histories, and local histories with Civil War content. {{FSDL|44716}}
+A roster of Delaware volunteers is given at the end of the following work:
-*Frederick Dyer. ''A compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' 3 volumes. reprint. New York, New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. v. 1. Number and organization of the armies of the United States -- v. 2. Chronological record of the campaigns, battles, engagements, actions, combats, sieges, skirmishes, etc., in the United States, 1861 to 1865 -- v. 3. Regimental histories. v.1 {{FSDL|321923}}; v.2 {{FSDL|298675}}; v.3 {{FSDL|411071}}
+*Scharf, J. Thomas. ''History of Delaware, 1609-1888''. Two Volumes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L.J. Richards, 1888. [http://tinyurl.com/4oxuet3 Google Books]. (Family History Library {{FHL|219567|title-id|disp=film 1000154 items 1-2}}.) Lists place mustered, officers, and casualties.
-*United States Adjutant General's Office. ''Official army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65'' volume 3 reprint Gaithersburg, Maryland: Olde Soldier Books, 1987 incudes officers from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia Regiments {{FSDL|53550}}
-=== Roster  ===
-*Scharf, J. Thomas. ''History of Delaware, 1609-1888''. Two Volumes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L.J. Richards, 1888. [http://tinyurl.com/4oxuet3 Google Books]. See volume 1, Appendix PP i - xxxiii; Images 686 - 718. For a Roster of Delaware Volunteers {{FSDL|45716}}. Lists place mustered, officers, and casualties.
 === Service Records  ===
-*An index to compiled Delaware military service records is available at the FamilySearch Library (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|313512|title-id|disp=films 881617-20}}.)
+*An index to compiled Delaware military service records is available at the Family History Library (Family History Library {{FHL|313512|title-id|disp=films 881617-20}}.)
-*'''1861-1865''' {{RecordSearch|1932394|Delaware Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865}} at FamilySearch — index
+The service records have not been microfilmed yet and are available only at the National Archives. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, residence, and death date.
-*[[Delaware, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|Delaware, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearchHistorical Records)]] goes to a description of the records with a link to the database.
-*The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) for soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Delaware are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms]. For more information see [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Delaware]] See also [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]].
-The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, residence, and death date.
-*See also:
-*Delaware Public Archives. Civil War card file index, 1861-1865 {{FSC|2659756|item|disp=FS Library Seven DGS}}
-*United States. Adjutant General's Office. Delaware Volunteer units, regimental books, 1862-1865, (National Archives) {{FSC|1135370|item|disp= FS Library Two DGS}}
 === Pension Records  ===
-'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]].
+*'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1471019 FamilySearch Record Search]. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included.
-=== 1890 Census  ===
-*The 1890 Census Veterans Schedules for the Delaware State Hospital for the Insane are available on roll 118 of "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123). The schedules list veterans and their widows who served as Union soldiers in the Civil War. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see [[Union Census Records|Union Census Records]].
-=== Delaware Confederate Citizens and Soldiers  ===
-[http://www.descv.org/ Delaware Grays] (Sons of Confederate Veterans) has rosters and other information of Confederate citizens and soldiers of Delaware.
-==== Confederate Prisoners of War ====
-*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/united-states-records-of-confederate-prisoners-of-war-1861-1865-browse United States, Records Of Confederate Prisoners Of War, 1861-1865] at Findmypast - Index
 === Other Sources  ===
-Hancock, Harold Bell. Delaware During the Civil War : a Political History. (Wilmington, Del. : Historical Society of Delaware, 2003, ©1961.) [http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=wikipedia&q=isbn%3A0924117249 Libraries with this book]
+Hancock, Harold Bell. Delaware During the Civil War&nbsp;: a Political History. (Wilmington, Del.&nbsp;: Historical Society of Delaware, 2003, ©1961.) [http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=wikipedia&q=isbn%3A0924117249 Libraries with this book]
-[http://www.african-nativeamerican.com/11th.html Delaware's United States Colored Troops and Sailors ]and list of Troops and Sailors buried in Delaware.
-==== Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)  ====
-Grand Army of the Republic founded in 1866 - 1956, was the largest veteran’s organization in the country after the Civil War. It was a fraternal organization members were veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, Marines and Revenue Cutler Service who served in the American Civil War. The group supported voting rights for black veterans, and lobbied the U.S. Congress to establish veterans' pensions. In 1890 the membership was 490,000.
-[http://www.garrecords.org/ GAR Posts in the State of Delaware]
-In 1888 Delaware had 19 posts with 1,183 members.
-The FamilySearch Catalog list records of the [https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Delaware+Grand+Army+of+the+Republic&prekeyword=Delaware+Grand+Army+of+the+Republic Delaware Grand Army of the Republic]
-==== Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War  ====
-With the death of the last member of the Grand Army of the Republic the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was formed.
 === References  ===
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 [[Category:Delaware_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]