Cyrus Forwood's Progress

0: "...conveyed to Perryville in the cars"

1: On the Steamer Penobscot

2: On the Steamer Balloon

3: March to Centreville

4: Leaving Centerville

5: Voyage to Tangier Sound

6: Up the Pocomoke

7: Continuing up the Pocomoke

On November 15, 1861, Cyrus' group continued up the river to "New Town" (now Pocomoke City).

8: Entering the Confederacy

The 2nd Delaware, under General Lockwood and in company with several other units, made a sortie into Virginia, starting on November 19, 1861.

9: To Drummondtown

10: March to "Chesnessex"

11: Leaving Camp Wilkes

The Second Delaware left its winter quarters at Camp Wilkes on March 24, 1862 and started north towards Delaware.

12: Marching to Snow HIll

Cyrus Forward and the Second Delaware passed through Horntown and into Maryland on March 25, 1862 and reached just south of Snow Hill.

13: The Forwood Farm

Cyrus Forwood's diary begins in May of 1861, with his first volunteering for three months in the US army. At the time, Cyrus is believed to have been living on his father Samuel's farm in Brandywine Hundred. The 1868 Beers Atlas shows a property belonging to S. Forwood at approximately this location.

14: Forwood School

15: Mustering-in in Wilmington

Cyrus mustered-in in Wilmington, staying for a few days before returning home to New Castle. It is believed that the recruiting/mustering location in Wilmington may have been the Wilmington Institute Building, at 8th and Market Streets. According to William P. Seville's History of the First regiment, Delaware volunteers, "...the Institute Building on Market Street was secured as an armory and quarters for the troops."

16: Camp Brandywine

17: Tilton Hospital

An 1861 photo of Tilton Hospital gives a sense of the city at the time.

18: Perryville, MD

19: Cambridge, Maryland

20: Easton, MD

21: Centreville, MD

22: Tangier Sound

Cyrus Forwood spent the night of November 13 - 14, 1861 aboard an anchored schooner.

23: A Night on the River

November 13 - 14, 1861: "At night the tug grounded and we again hoisted sail and reached the Steamer Pocahontas at 8 Oc. P.M. got on board of her for the night."

24: "New Town"

Starting on November 15, 1861, the 2nd Delaware was at "New Town," sometimes referred to as "Newton" and now known as Pocomoke City, in Maryland.

25: Oak Hall

26: Modestown

27: Drummondtown

28: "Chesnessex Landing"

29: Horntown

30: Snow Hill

Cyrus Forward and the Second Delaware reached this area on March 25, 1862 and camped two miles from the town on their march from their winter camp near Accomac back towards Wilmington.