1st Delaware Regiment [NA] - New Thread!

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Welcome to the 1st Delaware Regiment!

The 1st Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry was a United States volunteer infantry regiment raised for Union Army service in the American Civil War. Part of the II Corps it served in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. 90-Day Volunteers When the Civil War began in April 1861, there were only about 16,000 men in the U.S. Army, and many Southern soldiers and officers were already resigning and joining the new Confederate States Army. With this drastic shortage of men in the army, President Abraham Lincoln called on the states to raise a force of 75,000 volunteers for three months to put down the insurrection in the South. Accordingly, the 1st Delaware was raised at Wilmington, Delaware on May 22, 1861 and mustered into Federal service on May 28. The regiment comprised 37 officers and 742 enlisted men under the command of Colonel Henry H. Lockwood. The original Field & Staff were: Colonel: Henry H. Lockwood Lieutenant Colonel: John W. Andrews Major: Robert Lamott Surgeon: R. W. Johnson Assistant-Surgeon: James Knight Adjutant: Lieutenant W. P. Seville Quartermaster: H. Alderdice The original Company Commanders were: Co. A (Delaware Blues): Cpt. Evans Watson Co. B: Cot. Charles Lamott Co. C: Cpt. James Bare Co. D: Cpt. James Green Co. E (Wilmington Rifles): Cpt. Robert Mulligan Co. F: Cpt. Thomas Crossley Co. G (Sussex Volunteers): Cpt. J. Rodney Layton Co. H: Cpt. S.H. Jenskins Co. I: Cpt. James Leonard Co. K: Cpt. Smith The regiment was attached to the command of Major General John Dix ('Dix's Command", Department of the Potomac) and assigned to duty along the line of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. The regiment mustered out on August 30, 1861. 3-Years Volunteers On July 22, 1861, the United States Congress authorized a volunteer army of 500,000 men. When in August the enlistment term for the regiment ended a new 1st Regiment was raised for a term of three years at Wilmington, Delaware between September 10 and October 19, 1861. This time the regiment had 37 officers and 846 enlisted men under the command of Colonel John W. Andrews. The Field & Staff were: Colonel: John W. Andrews Lieutenant Colonel: 0. Hopkinson Major: Thomas A. Smyth Surgeon: D. W. Maull Chaplain: Thomas G. Murphey Assistant-Surgeon: S. D. Marshall Adjutant: First Lieutenant W. P. Saville Quartermaster: First Lieutenant T. Y. England Sergeant-Major: James Lewis Quartermaster's Sergeant: Frank Wilson Commissary Sergeant: Charles S. Sehocffer Hospital Steward: Archibald D. O'Mera Drum-Major: Patrick Dooley The Company Commanders were: Co. A: Cpt. Evans S. Watson Co. B: Cpt. James Leonard Co. C: Cpt. Neal Ward Co. D: Cpt. Enoch J. Smithers Co. E: Cpt. Edward P. Harris Co. F: Cpt. Daniel Woodall Co. G: Cpt. Allen Shortledge Co. H: Cpt. John B. Tanner Co. I: Cpt. Charles Lesper Co. K: Cpt. Thomas Crassley Veteran Volunteers On July 1, 1864 the 3 years enlistment would have ended and the regiment would be mustered out. Instead in July 1863 the men, still having nine months of their enlistment left, got the chance to reenlist for another 3 years from now on. On December 19, 1863, three quarters of the regiment reenlisted. The 1st Delaware was upgraded to veteran status as 1st Delaware Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The 1st Delaware claimed to be first regiment in the Union to receive the coveted veteran status. In April 1864 the 1st Delaware absorbed the remnants of the 2nd Delaware Infantry, a number of recruits and veterans with two complete companies.

TheDoctor found the North and South mod and he, in the 63e at the time, decided to make a regiment in the Dixieland Army for him and some friends. They started playing North and South more and more often. The 63e gave them a warning saying not to skip events and play the mod. Eventually the 63e banned everyone who attended these NaS events. Although they still played NaS, they created their own reg for NW. Eventually merging into the 34th and slowly everyone left NW and came to NaS for good. The 11thMS grew and got bigger, however the colonel, TheDoctor disappeared presumably for school. Without any leadership and people going inactive by the day. Cago split from the 11thMS and created the 13th Vermont and took any active members still in the 11thMS willing to join. This is considered the Golden Age in this timeline. The 13thVT got big and things were going great. Soon however, the rule was changed in the DA to not allow Skirmishers to bring bayonets anymore. A line company was created by JesterJc to help protect the main Skirm line. Things heated up between the 2 companies, each one getting more and more angry at the other. Eventually things boiled over and the Line company left to create the 24th Missouri. Both regiments were great friends but also bitter rivals. The 13thVT was in a slow decline, and eventually talk of merging together to bring back that Golden Age was everywhere. On January 28th they officially merged together to form the 1st Delaware! Cago, the colonel, disappeared and no one knew what happend to him until about a month after he was gone. The way things were set up in the 1stDE was broken, it was designed to be fair to everyone but was the exact opposite. Jayden left the regiment, Mageus was elected the new Colonel in the absence of Cago. Levy started talking to people in the 1st Delaware including the Lieutenant Colonel, JesterJc. The regiment took a vote to leave the DA for the ANV, the vote passed and everyone except 4 people left to the ANV. A while went by until JesterJc saw the error he had made and left Levy, he created the Western Sharpshooters-14thMissouri. Things were great and he wanted to go back to the 1stDE but did not want to lose his company he cared so much about. Mageus offered him the merge back and told Jester he could keep his company of Sharpshooters. Things were Reformed to make things better and do what the original 1stDE never could. Now the goal is to build upon this past and learn from what worked and what didn't. Now we plan on building towards War of Rights!  Officer Ranks:          NCO Ranks:          Enlisted Ranks:          Colonel Captain 1st Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant Sergeant Major First Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private First Class Veteran Private Private Recruit Volunteer Total Roster Size - 50 TheDoctor has recently moved to Israel for a while due to his father in the military. We don't know for sure how long he will be gone but I will update this thread for now on! Doc will be missed and we will be waiting upon his return, he has been through everything that has happend and he deserves a medal for it! See ya round Doc! Last Updated July 20th, 2016