DELAWARE AT GETTYSBURG WAR MEMORIAL
Click on image to zoom
Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-TANEYTOWN ROAD
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Bas-Reliefs
Year Dedicated: 2000
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE FIRST AND SECOND DELAWARE INFANTRY REGIMENTS ARRIVED ON THE BATTLEFIELD EARLY ON JULY 2 AND TOOK POSITIONS IN THE FEDERAL LINE ALONG CEMETERY RIDGE.
ON JULY 3 THE TWO REGIMENTS PLAYED KEY ROLES IN REPULSING LEE’S ASSAULT. THEY EACH LOST NEARLY A QUARTER OF THEIR MEN AT GETTYSBURG AND WERE COMMENDED FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE. THREE SOLDIERS RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR. ONE FOR HEROISM UNDER FIRE AND TWO FOR THE CAPTURE OF THE REGIMENTAL COLORS.
SEE ALSO-DELAWARE AT GETTYSBURG WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Support The Memorial Day Foundation's mission to protect, preserve, honor and remember our nation's war memorials
There are 70780 total listings in our War Memorial Registry