3rd Delaware Infantry
Delaware
3rd Delaware Volunteers
Major Arthur MaGinnis
3rd Brigade,
2nd Division, XII Corps
This regiment, worn down from active
service in the second Manassas Campaign,
went into action Sept. 17, 1862 with only
five officers and 120 men. It started
out on the right of the Union line in
front of the West Woods. After heavy
action along the Hagerstown Pike, it
helped repulse Confederate counter attack
following rout of Sedgwick's Division.
Final position of the regiment, 65 yards
North of this point.
Losses
Officers - Killed 1 - Wounded 2
Men - Killed 5 - Wounded 9
Total 17 of 125 engaged
Erected by
Delaware Civil War Centennial Commission
May 30, 1964
Marker is on Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
