Notarized statement by Lammot du Pont of military equipment lost or destroyed during active service by Company B, 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry. Du Pont submitted a copy of this statement to the U. S. Ordnance Department in order to explain why...
Letter in forming Charles I. du Pont, Thomas Stirling, George Brattan, Isaac Ford, and Robert Miller of their election as honorary members of the "Brandywine Home Guards." The Brandywine Home Guards were two militia companies that later became...
Handbill promoting candidate William Cannon of the Union Party for Governor of Delaware. Cannon won the election and served from 20 January 1863 until 1 March 1865, when he died in office. Many Delaware politicians disliked Cannon because of his...
Admiral Du Pont sending via the steamer Massachusetts, two hundred-pounder rifle bolts (shells) and one forty-pounder recovered at Ft. Pulaskis, fired by sailors from the Wabash. He is sending them to Lammot for safe keeping and so not to alarm his...
Military organizations; Soldiers; Military officers
Orders for Company B from Captain Lammot du Pont. They include the formal dismissal of an underage company member along with times and places for drilling.
Captain Hugh Stirling, commander of Company D, 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry, asks if one of du Pont's noncommissioned officers would help him figure out how to use some of the military equipment issued to his company.
General Order Number 5, issued by Colonel Henry S. McComb for the 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry. The order details expectations for drills and provides directions for weekly returns.
Military organizations; Military mobilizations; Soldiers; Military officers
Roster of officers and enlisted men of Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry. The roster includes names, ages, where the men lived, and brief comments on some individuals.
Military organizations; Clothing & dress; Military officers
Resolution of thanks from Company A, 1st Regiment Delaware Volunteers to Captain Febeker, Company A, 1st Regiment Home Guards, for a donation of gloves. A letter from E. Y. Watson, Captain of Company A, 1st Delaware Volunteers, is included. Both...
Soldiers; Military demobilizations; Military discharges; Military organizations
Muster-out roll for Company B, 5th Delaware Volunteer infantry, on their release from active service in July 1863. Lammot du Pont commanded the company which consisted primarily of workers from the DuPont powder yards and other nearby mills. The...
Invoice for clothing issued to Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry while serving at Fort Delaware. The invoice is signed by William Preston, regimental quartermaster of the 5th Delaware.
