Daily Republican., 1890-05-05
EuE FIRST DELAWARE
. ,sIeF HISTORY OF ANoeLs
REGIMENT
n. llonorod tho Diamond s'a's-Iho
..,,.. IN which It Was Engaged.
r,o meath of General 7. A.
smyth-Thc Reunion
Tu-MorrOw.

\. firit Delaware heR'ipeht VIII
II ~ M,rurion in this city tomorrow at
sss',s ~ Hall, and brief hiatory Of this
.ss,.,,Ion, ls,s which performed such ex-
M, pry!ce for tbe suppression OF the
sslIOp, will no doubt prove interest
y nj, regiment was formed unoer
4 Mi Of President Lincoln, April ~,
q, and lls eulis lneDts were for threp
.sIl, Companies A and D, COM
xxi by Rober: $. and Charles Il.
aate. we're filled In low days after
~ll,,menls commenced, and Com
q was formed lew days later In
s,,ti,uie Ballding. which ut that
ma, used ss general armory.
couuanies were being formed I'M
byer part Of the state, but owing to
,neuca of system, nearly month
j! Il.sd before rcgimental organization
Is,aeS,ea. Some Of the men from this
JJrtscaue dissatisfied with the delay,
twas only through tho persistent
dsn Of Captain Robert E. LnMotte
tn they were held together.
Three compaaies finally went into
oup At Camp Blaudy wine on May %,
uaA.es days slster the other companies
arrived. Ihs lr:i dtess parade was held
on lie ,ulosng DAY, and the full organ.
,Ia,ion Of the ieg,nent was completed BY
Nu 81. The officers at that time were:
GOoar, liehy II. Lockwood; Lieutcn.
srLlaentl JcLn W. Andrews; Major.
HIy A, DuPoni; Adjutant, William
+ savilIe, QgMtcrlnsster, iiil Alder
dia; Surgeon, l,ohert Z. Johnson; As
Ir!ip! Surgeon, James Knight; Chap
10, GeGse N. Cundon; Sergeant Major,
Ola .. siYille.
Tile oJnipan!cs were oflicered 10 fol.
vs.
Company A-Cap.ain, Robert 8. La
0r. Fist Liautenau'. Evan =. Wat
p, Second l.legteaaut, Franklin
sI'ellD.
GMlaay B-Captain. Charles Il La
Ne, Fist Lieutenant, james Plum
.H Second Lieutenant, Alfred Van
tRL
couFaag C-Captain, Joseph NJ. Barr;
Enl Lieutenant. W. II. Mckaig; Second
saleaart, j. II. Holt.
Company D--Captaip, james Green;
fh Lieutenant, Enuch j. Snith.rs;
Pieni Lieutenant, Samuel Simpson.
t'mp'ny E-Captain, Robert MilliHan;
W Lieutenant, Benjamin N eids; Sec
Lian e'isnt, Leonard T.. Wales.
eonpiey f-Captain, Thomas Cros,-
u First Ii uienaut, Richard Duncan;
s'end Lieu enant, William Plunkett.
company G-Captain, U. Rodney Lay
flr.t Lieutenant, David W. Maull
saai Lieutenant, William Y. Swig
"
fcmpany H-Captain, Samuel H. Jen
NJ First Lieutenant, John II. Knight
Fond Lieutenant Daniel Woodall.
company I-Captsin, James Leonard;
Y Llen'ensnt, John Douglert5; Sec
sulenant, Daniel Lsngdon.
VAxy K-Captain, George p
ssirst Lieutenant, Charles Bind
y lieutenant. w. II. Cieaden.
iissas the first reziIn.nt formed In
anIe and Immediately after the
uluislon Companies A and B were
e.,'i to Aberdeen, while Companies
~ h were sent to Bush river. IN,
sa'las companies left Camp Brandy
on Juue ., and were stationed
asiae railroad in Maryland as far as
'nos Trace. On June Ii Captain
hAMotte was elected Major to mi
ne,ley eaused by the Inability OF
Nv putont TO obtain leave of
navt ,,. iiou the regular army.
ltleuant W aIson hse,,,a ,.,,,,s
eaNlY A, and about one month later
~ y. la Ao'tc wa, appointed u ca plain
W.. ~ l5ga,ar army and Captain e.
e, Az, layton Mas elec ed major. Dur.
So ~ sllse months the regiment was
n,n. ..s Il WAS not called upon 10 per.
'aI service beyond guard duty.
Wupaties returned home during
NM t pr, p.f' Of August. their terms
N. Nv eAplied, bnt preparations were
NJ uaee ,,,'. 10 ieorsanlke for u term OF
bts,li... s-', .''eAwood had been appointed
,s' s.a general, and Colonel John
l,ea a.aie@s, .i,s, who succeeded him. re.
aeM aaaal9Hly 70 reorganize tho raul.
Iatl, vi = rs Old name. lie imme.
s.p,e,n'@a, W sorA aud by the latter part
eahizsl ~, lM leu companies fully
CauD a"1. Inv, uldlins was commence ed
The orp.nt,a,g, rtm', near Hare's Corner.
ioilosss.. s.1'1atloh ofthe regiment was
.IGiasel, G.i, John W, Anirev.. 1,a,,.,
Ion,, A sa,,s 1,,ger + Hopkins; Major,
plls, a. u6.ly saylif AdJutant, VIM. p.
lylau1. tsaaa'laeilaaslrt, sa' Thomas Y,
.i,hul esnr'sson, David W. Maull;
aplsip rads, rteou, aanrsl d. Marshall;
.et. NJ / I.mo iaolias { Ati,irphey; Sergeant
E.esn, e1aea T Lewis; Quartermastsr
E,..rt' cGa,1i ,,ak wilson; Com missary
NAT A,"nu a,ss ,. sch4eticr; Hospital
Nv, fs,,ieet.l ID. 0'Mera; Drum
}, joln lsA pl,s1l pnl,o91le1, Principal Musj.
fl,.s. A-eaptAin, Evan a. Wat
aad .s =. .n1,eateht, James psrke po,tle..
onn.,a ..,uaai,ehaht, Franklin Housc,na,,
sl'eui, euisn,1, nn,r1,eapiain, James Leonard;
LIsuenah,al, James A. Oates; Sec.
aapans James Richards
|,llte'a,sf e-Gap'aln, NesI Ward,
LI.uls,na naa'' Frank McCloskey; Sec.
anlss,l'a, Hugh sueeIev. WV
y Lsui. aU,r,,.aptain, Enoch Smitbers.
Li,ntcpa'., o,s, payld 5. Yardisy; Sec
sugar " William F. Smith.
ha Fi,., ,I,ealiain. Edward P.
sn.t, sssaa,e Lieutenant, William Y.
is, s'tond Lieutenant, Albert 8.
4ffia, fil.,, r--u.pta,n, Daniel wooa. i.
W.; ~ s.,dLi Lieutenant, BENJAMIN oo- y
ll'ns. >e'ua Lieutenant, John W,
IIS'.'n','.!ii-captaln, Allen sho,t,.,...
li,ut.ooaasa,,t Alfred Gawthrop; s.e,
snp.nru II John L. sparks. w e''-
itHt 'an,sospla!n, John B. Tan.
"a Lien.,aassnaut, John r. Vaplosu
y 1''aant, Ezekiel q. Alex,
4l.as.s..M s..Mptcs4phtain. 4hai. Charles L..p.s;
Lsu..nant' Inc thomas b. Hizat; bsc.
fni Las,..oaptsIn, Thomas Cros.,
.as',,',s.t'naa, hsnly %l,,iin 4 ss.,a g; ,nhohi
,,u, UNI, regiment g was not sunnii.d mil
ty ordst.o ... October 20, 1861. spd dom on
sIrout. tA'fs We're received to 1ep report ri
n s,sss,,br va, broken and n,
,sI'laois' rh.a rnns'e they took the .c,r. csr.
I'M, ~, .ns sMOnumsn,a, C' W