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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived, though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. If you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | ||
The | The battalion's list shows 1,110 men in the [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database] (19 September 2012). | ||
Company A - many men from [[New Castle County, Delaware Genealogy|New Castle County]]. [https://civilwar.delaware.gov/volumes/volunteers_service_records_(1861-1864)_-_1st_cavalry_(book_1).pdf Muster Out Roll], starting on page 23. | |||
Company | Company B - men from all 3 Delaware counties. [https://civilwar.delaware.gov/volumes/volunteers_service_records_(1861-1864)_-_1st_cavalry_(book_1).pdf Muster Out Roll], starting on page 37. | ||
Company | Company C - many men from Wilmington, New Castle County. [https://civilwar.delaware.gov/volumes/volunteers_service_records_(1861-1864)_-_1st_cavalry_(book_1).pdf Muster Out Roll], starting on page 49. | ||
Company | Company D - many men from Wilmington, New Castle County. [https://civilwar.delaware.gov/volumes/volunteers_service_records_(1861-1864)_-_1st_cavalry_(book_1).pdf Muster Out Roll], starting on page 61. | ||
Additional information included in [https://civilwar.delaware.gov/volumes/volunteers_service_records_(1861-1864)_-_1st_cavalry_(book_2).pdf 1st Delaware Cavalry (Book 2) (1861-1864)]. | |||
===== Battalions | ===== Battalions ===== | ||
*Red Lion Mounted Guards | *Red Lion Mounted Guards | ||
*Delaware Light Dragoons | *Delaware Light Dragoons | ||
===== Companies | ===== Companies ===== | ||
*Four companies raised by Napoleon B. Knight, of Dover. | *Four companies raised by Napoleon B. Knight, of Dover. | ||
*Purnell Cavalry - Served and mustered out in Wilmington | *Purnell Cavalry - Served and mustered out in Wilmington | ||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||