Col.(USA), Oliver Hopkinson

Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Lieutentant Colonel of the 1st Delaware Volunteer Infantry, being commissioned on October 15, 1861. At the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam he was wounded in the knee, and he resigned his commission on December 14, 1862. On July 10, 1863 he was commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 51st Pennsylvania Militia, which was raised to counter the Confederate Invasion of Pennsylvania in June 1863. he was mustered in on July 10, 1863, and was mustered out on September 2, 1863. He resided in Philadelphia, but still retained the old Hopkinson mansion at Bordentown, New Jersey, where with his family usually spent the summer months. He was the son of Congressman Joseph Hopkinson, and the grandson of Declaration of Independence signer Francis Hopkinson.

Bio by: Russ Dodge

Hopkinson, Oliver BATTLE UNIT NAME: 1st Regiment, Delaware Infantry SIDE: Union COMPANY: F&S SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Lieutenant Colonel SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Lieutenant Colonel ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER: M537 ROLL 2 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: none