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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 163 (search)
Delaware.--No State in the Union has been more conspicuous for its gallantry and loyalty, during the present struggle, than the little Border State of Delaware.
When every other Slave State either wavered or broke out into rebellion, she stood firm--faithful among the faithless.
When, after the attack upon Fort Sumter, a call was made for troops, she promptly sent a regiment of militia to Washington to guard the National capital, and with equal alacrity responded to the demand of the PresiState of Delaware.
When every other Slave State either wavered or broke out into rebellion, she stood firm--faithful among the faithless.
When, after the attack upon Fort Sumter, a call was made for troops, she promptly sent a regiment of militia to Washington to guard the National capital, and with equal alacrity responded to the demand of the President for volunteers to put down the rebellion.
The regiment designated upon the Army Register as the Second Delaware, but more familiarly known among the veterans of the Potomac as the Crazy Delawares, was the first regiment raised in the State for three years or during the war. It has been prominent in every general engagement of the grand army of the Potomac.
It is commanded by Colonel William P. Baily, formerly an officer in the third company of the National Guard, a cool, brave, and exp