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 <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>
-=== Roster  ===
-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. [http://tinyurl.com/4oxuet3 Google Books]. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|219567|title-id|disp=film 1000154 items 1-2}}.) Lists place mustered, officers, and casualties.
+=== Related Sources ===
+*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}}
+*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}}
+*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  ===
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 *[[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] ($) (Fold3.com) for soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Delaware are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms]. For more information see [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]].
+*The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (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  ===