Did you know that Monday was “Delaware Day” at the Antietam Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland? Antietam is remembered as the bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War and many of the Delaware troops present were involved in some of the most terrible parts of the battle.
The Delaware Heritage Commission and the Delaware Public Archives, along with members of the Central Delaware Civil War Roundtable and 2nd Delaware re-enactors held a memorial ceremony at Philadelphia Brigade Park to honor the Delaware troops. This park features a memorial to the 3rd Delaware Volunteers. The ceremony included a three volley salute by the 2nd Delaware, a wreath laying by the Archives and the Civil War Roundtable, a rendition of Taps, and the reading of a letter that contained an account of the battle by Colonel John Andrews. Colonel Andrews led the 1st Delaware Volunteers at Bloody Lane, one of the deadliest areas of the battlefield.
To learn more about Delaware Civil War soldiers you can visit our digital archives. You can also follow the war through the eyes of Cyrus Forwood, a soldier in the 2nd Delaware.
Related Topics: Delaware Memorial at Antietam, Delaware Troops and the Civil War, Delaware Troops at Antietam
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