1). The initial list is from the Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, Broadfoot Publishing. 2.) The information in red is from Scarfs History of Delaware. 3.) The information in blue is from The Genealogical records of the Delaware Gazette, compiled by Mary Fallon Richards, and the Delaware Genealogical Society Journals. 4.) The information in purple is from an original letter by Sarah B. Maclary to Harriett Buckson, dated June 24th, 1864, Wilmington, Delaware. Sarah's husband was Captain of the Regiment. 5.) The information in italic was found in Kent County, Delaware Cemetery Records, by Dill, Dill, and Dill 6.)
All other information came from direct family descendents, or veterans
records from the National Archives. |
Allison, Wm. J. | wounded in the finger by Jun. 1864 |
Armitage, Thomas J. | |
Atkins, Charles | |
Benjamin, William T. | Private d. Apr. 29, 1865 , buried Arlington National Cemetery |
Biddle, John | |
Biddle, William H. | |
Boulden, Sarah | 4th Hosp. Matron |
Brown, William | |
Buckson, Stephen T. | 1st
Sergeant b. Aug. 6, 1829, d. Jun. 18, 1864, son of John Buckson, married Harriet Ann Muncy on Mar. 9, 1854 |
Burnett,
James ![]() 1st letter reference 2nd reference 3rd reference 4th reference | 1st
Lieutenant, Co. G Mustered in Sep., 1862 Promoted to Captain of Co. E Jun. 23, 1863 Discharged May 15, 1865, Disability, fever b. Mar. 19, 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland, d. Nov. 3, 1865, wife Ann, 1st letter reference, 2nd reference b. 1829, d. Oct. 12, 1883, both buried Lakeside Cemetery, Dover, Delaware |
Caperoon, Garrett | wife Elizabeth, buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Delaware, no dates |
Chadwix, James | |
Conley, Tilghman S. | wife Catherine A., buried Cooper Cemetery 1891 |
Daniels, Clinton W. | wounded
in the arm by Jun. 1864 buried Bethel Cemetery, Cheswold, Delaware, no dates, GAR |
Daniels, William H. | Corporal |
Downs, Robert S. | b.
Jul. 10, 1841, d. Apr. 29, 1905 wife Margaret P., daugther - Emma , buried Hollywood Cemetery, Harrington, Delaware |
Ford, Edward | buried at City Point, Virginia along the line of the RR between the point and defenses |
Fowler, John | |
Fox, Robert M. | |
Gallagher, Charles H. | 4th
Infantry QM, 1st Lieutenant, mustered out May 31,
1866 married Rebecca H. Wilson on Apr. 9, 1846 |
Gilkey, Obediah V. | Music |
Graves, Mrs. Jane | 4th Infantry Nurse |
Green, Daniel | Sergeant, lost a leg by amputation |
Grimshaw,
Arthur H., M.D. ![]() | Colonel,
wounded Jun. 18, 1864, resigned Dec. 1864 married Elizabeth A. Bailey on Apr. 10, 1850 |
Hacket,
Samuel letter reference | Private, killed at Cold Harbor Jun. 4, 1864, buried in woods near Mechanicsburg, Virginia |
Hall, Benjamin F. | |
Hall, Israel M. | drowned in Denny's Mill in Duck Creek Hundred, Delaware on Dec. 7, 1866, age 25 |
Hamilton, Joseph | |
Hardy, John | |
Harper,
Alexander ![]() 1st letter reference 2nd reference 3rd reference | 2nd
Lieutenant Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862 in Wilmington, Delaware by Capt. McClary, age 21, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, 5'7", occupation - Merchant Special duty Sep. 1864 with ambulance corps Mustered out Jun. 3, 1865 married Eliza Chatham in Smyrna, Delaware on Apr. 14, 1864 |
Harrington, Peter B. | |
Hazel, James H. | b. 1843, d. 1925, married Lida B. Stockley, b. Dec. 6, 1848, d. Nov. 9, 1883 , buried Lakeside Cemetery, Dover, Delaware |
Hazel,
Manlove 1st letter reference 2nd reference | 1st. Sergeant |
Hazel, William H. | Corporal,
wounded in the finger by Jun. 1864 b. Apr. 29, 1842, d. Oct. 25, 1918, wife Albina A. Pratt Hazel, b. Sep. 12, 1848, d. Jul. 9, 1911, both buried Glenwood Cemetery, Smyrna, Delaware |
Hickman, John L. | buried Hollywood Cemetery, Harrington, Delaware, no dates |
Higgins, John | Drum |
Hignut, William H. | Co. G & F - Corporal |
Hoffecker, Benjamin | |
Jackson, John W. | |
Jefferson, Ephraim | b. Jan. 3, 1844, d. Aug. 13, 1919, GAR,wife Mary S. , b. Apr. 9, 1845, d. Dec. 4, 1916, both buried Bethel Cemetery, Cheswold, Delaware |
Johnson, Daniel R. | Corporal |
Johnson, J. Fletcher | |
Jones, Charles | Drum |
Jones, Joseph H. | wounded
in the groin by June 1864 married Clara E. Pyle on Dec. 7, 1871 |
Keith, Francis H. | Private, buried Arlington National Cemetery, d. May 9, 1865, age 20 |
Kenton, William B. | |
LaMotte, Charles Eugene | Lieutenant
Colonal (all of 4th Infantry) eventually Brig-General Promoted to Colonal, Dec. 1864 after Col. Grimshaw resigned b. 1839 in Lenni Mills, Pa, d. 1887 |
Learned, Adam D. | Corporal married Elzzie M., taught school in 1886 in Little Creek, Delaware |
Maclary, G. W. | buried at City Point, Virginia, along line of RR between the point and defenses by July 1865 |
Maclary, John W. | Corporal |
Maclary,
Washington K. letter reference | Corporal,
worked in USA Depot Field Hospital, 5th Army Corps, June 30, 1864, City
Point, Virginia - nurse. Born approx. 1827, 5'6", dark complexion, blue eyes, light hair. Occupation - Mason, buried Methodist Episcopal Church, Leipsic, Delaware |
Maclary, William Henry | Captain, wounded
in side by June 1864, died at Battle of Five Forks on Apr. 1,
1865 b. 1827, buried Methodist Presbyterian Church, Leipsic, Delaware, wife (Sally) Sarah Biddle Maclary, 1st letter reference, 2nd reference, 3rd reference |
Magee, Louis H. | Sergeant,
wounded in right shoulder by June 1864 b. May 7, 1836, d. Jun. 17, 1880, buried Methodist Episcopal Church, Leipsic, Delaware - wife Alice S. |
Marshall, William B. | b. Jan. 6, 1845, d. Jul. 6, 1929, wife Mary E., b. May 4, 1846, d. Sept. 7, 1912 , buried Methodist Episcopal Church, Leipsic, Delaware |
Mattaford, Denny | |
Miller, George H. |
Newton, Charles A. | Corporal |
Osmond, Aaron P. | 1st. Lieutenant |
Palmatary, William H. | Corporal,
enlisted in Aug. 1862, died of acute dysentery in an Army Field hospital
outside Petersburg, Virginia, buried at the large
yard at West Parke Station, Jan. 15 1865 b. Sep. 10, 1842, son of John and Ruth Manlove Hazel Palmatary never married |
Palmer,
Joseph E. letter reference | wounded
in hand at Cold Harbor May 1864 married Lida Heverin on Nov. 11, 1873 |
Palmer, Osborn E. | Sergeant |
Parker, John A. | Corporal |
Peregoy, David B. | |
Powell, Nathaniel R. | |
Pusey, Jacob | |
Rash, Daniel | b.
Jun. 16, 1842, d. Jun. 2, 1933,wife Harriett B. buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Delaware |
Rash, William J. | |
Reed, Jesse | Corporal |
Reeves,
Thomas G. letter reference | Corporal b. 1844, d. Feb. 3, 1863, son of Rebecca M. and Jacob A. Reeves, buried Bethel Cemetery, Cheswold, Delaware |
Reihm, John T. | b.
1842, d.1916, wife Sarah J. Reihm, b. 1849, d. 1937 buried Glenwood Cemetery, Smyrna, Delaware |
Rich, William | |
Scotton,
James H. letter reference | Private Mustered in Aug. 18, 1862, Wilmington, Delaware by Capt. Maclary dark complexion, dark hair, grey eyes, occupation - Farmer, nearest relative - Jolian A. Scotton, residence - Dover, Delaware, single At General Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia by Jan. 16, 1864, sick; intermittent fever d. Mar. 11, 1864, murdered in Alexandria, Virginia, age 27 stabbed 5 times in right of neck, body taken by friends |
Sipple, Henry C. | |
Slaughter, James H. | |
Smith, Linton | Surgeon married Maggie Warner on Apr. 22, 1868 |
Smith, William Jack | wounded
in finger by June 1864 b. 1842 , d. 1907, wife Sallie W., b. 1841, d. 1902 buried Lakeside Cemetery, Dover, Delaware |
Smithers, Thomas J. | |
Sparks, William S. | Corporal, wounded in the arm by June 1864 |
Spence, Joseph | |
Steel, John W. | b.
1839, d.1922, wife Annie B., b. 1858, d. Feb. 28, 1881 buried Thomas Chapel Cemetery, Chapeltown, Delaware |
Stevenson,
Denny letter reference | Corporal married Lizzy Kirk on Jan. 3, 1856 |
Tevis, Charles Carroll | Lieutenant
Colonel, resigned to form Cavalry regiment in Maryland
in July 1863, eventually Brig-General b. 1828 in Philadelphia, d. 1900 |
Thomas, John W. | member of GAR, buried Methodist Episcopal Church, Leipsic, Delaware |
Thomas, Samuel J. | b.
1844, d. 1932, wife Mary J., b. 1851, d. 1930 buried Lakeside Cemetery, Dover, Delaware |
Tolen Wm. | Drum |
Toner, John J. | QM Sergeant |
Tull, William T. | Chaplain |
Vane, Wm. S | lost his right arm to amputation |
Voshell, Titus I. | |
Voshell, Wm. P. | Sergeant |
Wallace, James | |
White, John | Leipsic, Delaware town clerk in 1886 |
Williams, Alexander | |
Wilson, Alpheus | Lieutenant, died at Battle of Five Forks, 1865 |
Woodres, John | |
Woods, William H. | |
Wooters, Albert | Private buried Bethesda M.E. Church, Canterbury, Delaware |
Forkum,
H. Clay letter reference | 6th Infantry, Co. F | |
Marvel,
James H. letter reference | 7th Infantry, Co. I | |
Ruth,
William H. letter reference | 4th
Infantry, Co. H wounded in right breast at Cold Harbor, Virginia | |
Thompson,
Charles Thompson, Robert | 4th
Infantry, Co. I both Sergeants | |
Wagner,
Fred letter reference | 1st Infantry, Co. D, and 3rd Infantry | |
Warren,
John M. letter reference | 4th
Infantry, Co. D Sergeant, killed by June 8, 1864, buried Cold Harbor National Cemetery | |
West,
Charles T. letter reference | 4st
Infantry, Co. H Sergeant Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, discharged 1864 and transfered to the District of Florida near Jacksonville, made a Lieutenant | |
Woodall,
Daniel
|
1st Infantry, Co.
F Wounded in action on Sep. 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Virginia, shot in the arm Promoted to Major on Dec. 24, 1862, 1st Delaware, 3rd Brigade, French's Division, 20 Corps. Wounded in action at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863, shot in left leg calf Detached Jul. 30,1863 to command 39th New York Volunteers until Oct. 5, 1863 Promoted to Lt.
Colonel, Nov. 5, 1863, Warrenton, Virginia Wounded in action at Wilderness Campaign, May 10, 1864 , near Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, shot in the right foot Promoted to Colonel, Dec. 22, 1864, Petersburg, Virginia Special Duty Jan.
1865, commanding 2nd Brigade Promoted to Brigadier
General, Jun. 15, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during
the war |
Some official requests made by Daniel: March 11, 1863, and Dec. 15, 1863, requested 10 day leave to visit family. October 13, 1864: "I most respectfully ask leave of absence for 15 days to visit my friends in Delaware with a view to Martimony" January 21, 1865: "I respectfully request a leave of absence for 15 days for the purpose of visiting my Mother who is extremely ill, her recovery quite doubtful. My immediate presence would be a source of considerable gratification to her as well as to thy." May 24, 1865: "Having received intelligence of the illness of my father I would most respectfully request a leave of absence for 5 days to visit him in Delaware." |
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