Camp DuPont Marker

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Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Camp DuPont

By Beverly Pfingsten, December 27, 2008

1. Camp DuPont Marker

Inscription. First established May, 1861. The Fourth Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry camped here June to October 1862, whence they moved to a camp of the same name near Kennett Pike. The remustered First Delaware Regiment camped here in early February 1864, following a 30-day furlough before returning to active service in Virginia. The camp was named to honor Rear Admiral Samuel F. DuPont.

Erected 1966 by Civil War Centennial Commission. (Marker Number NC-79.)

Location. 39° 44.747′ N, 75° 38.606′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County. Marker is at the intersection of Faulkland Road and W. Oakland Drive, on the left when traveling west on Faulkland Road. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wilmington DE 19808, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Brandywine Springs (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); Wilmington (approx. 3 miles away); Hale-Byrnes House (approx. 3.1 miles away); Ashley Mansion (approx. 3.4 miles away); Alexis I. duPont Middle School (approx. 3.5 miles away); Gibraltar (approx. 3.8 miles away); Samuel Francis Du Pont (approx. 3.9 miles away); Mount Salem United Methodist Church (approx. 3.9 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Wilmington.