Union monuments at Gettysburg > Delaware
Delaware sent over 12,000 men to the Union Army during the Civil War. They were organized into nine regiments of infantry, one regiment each of cavalry and heavy artillery, and one battery of light artillery. Delaware was the only slave state that did not send any organized units to fight for the Confederacy.
Two Delaware infantry regiments fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, totalling more than 480 men. There are three Delaware monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield, the two Delaware regimental monuments and the State of Delaware monument. Over 160 Delaware men – one third – became casualties. (see The States at Gettysburg)
The commander at Gettysburg of the Army of the Potomac’s Fifth Corps, Major General George Sykes, was a native of Delaware.
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 State of Delaware |
 1st Delaware Infantry Regiment |
 2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment |