Approved:
MAX WEBER,
Colonel, Commanding Camp Hamilton.

Approved: They are old flint locks, altered; very inferior.
JOHN W. ANDREWS,
Colonel First Regiment Delaware Volunteers.

From Official Records Vol. 4 pages 631-632

Expedition to Norfolk

Occupation of Norfolk. Duty at Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk.

Battle of Antietam

The First Delaware was commanded by Colonel John W. Andrews and Lieutenant Colonel Olver Hopkinson, both of whom were wounded in the fighting at the Sunken Road. The First had 708 men engaged, of whom 29 were killed and 182 wounded. Eight of ten company commanders and the entire color guard were killed or wounded.

Second Lieutenant Charles B. Tanner was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing the regimental colors, which had fallen within twenty yards of Confederate lines at the Sunken Road, in spite of being wounded three times during the attempt.

From the brigade marker at Antietam:

Weber’s Brigade, forming the advance of French’s Division, encountered the enemy near Roulette’s house at about 9:15 A.M., pushed them back to the Bloody Lane and gained a position on the high ground about 60 yards north of this point. Here the Brigade became engaged in an obstinate contest with the enemy which was maintained until, having lost one third of its numbers in killed or wounded, it was relieved by Morris’ Brigade and withdrawn to the vicinity of Roulette’s house where it remained until the close of the day.

Monument to the First Delaware Infantry Regiment at Antietam

Battle of Fredericksburg

Colonel Andrews was wounded by a shell while commanding the brigade. Major Thomas Smyth commanded the regiment, which lost 10 killed, 74 wounded, and 9 missing.

Mud March

Chancellorsville Campaign

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps

Battle of Chancellorsville

Gettysburg Campaign

Battle of Gettysburg

Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Harris commanded the regiment while Colonel Smyth was in command of the brigade as senior colonel. Harris was put under arrest on July 2nd for withdrawing from the Bliss farm buildings without authorization. Captain Thomas Hizard then took command of the regiment until he was wounded on July 2nd. Lieutenant William Smith took command until he was killed on July 3. Smith had a Confederate flag in one hand when his body was recovered, believed to be the flag of the 5th Alabama Battalion. Lieutenant John Dent then took over until Lieutenant Colonel Harris was restored to command on July 4.

The regiment brought 288 men to Gettysburg. Ten were killed, 54 were wounded and 13 missing. Lieutenant James P. Postles, Corporal Bernard McCarren and Private John B. Mayberry were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions at Gettysburg, Postles for a wild 600 yard ride carrying orders under intense fire and McCarren and Mayberry for capturing the flag of the 7th North Carolina Infantry Regiment (or according to some sources, the 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment).

Monument to the First Delaware Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg

Bristoe Campaign

Mine Run Campaign

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James

Battle of the Wilderness

Laurel Hill

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

Po River

Assault on the Salient “Bloody Angle”

North Anna River

Totopotomoy

Battle of Cold Harbor

First Assault on Petersburg

Siege of Petersburg

Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon R. R.

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)

Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom

Ream’s Station

Yellow House

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run

Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run

Watkins’ House

Appomattox Campaign

Fall of Petersburg

Sailor’s Creek

High Bridge, Farmville

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army