Version 23.12.2018

 

New Jersey:

 

 

a. allgemeines:

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Bilby, Joseph G: Forgotten Warriors: New Jersey‘s African American Soldiers in the Civil War (Longstreet House). The first mono­graph on black soldiers from a single state. Published with the aid of a grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission. A 72 page booklet including 11 illustrations, and index

- **Bilby, Joseph and William Goble: Remember You Are Jerseymen. A Military History of New Jersey’s Troops in the Civil War (Longstreet House 1998); 750 pp, over 100 Illustrations, 17 Maps, Index

- **Siegel, Alan A.: For the Glory of the Union: Myth, Reality, and the Media in the Civil War New Jersey (Rutherford N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984)

- **Stryker, William S.: Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865; Vol. I (Trenton/New Jersey, 1876) (PDF-Datei in Archiv Ref, Dokumente ameridownload)

- **Stryker, William S.: Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865; Vol. II (Trenton/New Jersey, 1876)

- **Toombs, Samuel: New Jersey Troops in the Gettysburg Campaign from June 5 to July 31 (Orange, New Jersey: Evening Mail Pu­blishing House, 1888); 406 pp; over 60 illustrations, including maps (one fold-out). Nevins says: "Sgt Toombs relied completely on printed sources for this tribute to Jerseyans at Gettysburg; over sixty illustrations are included."

 

 

 

 

b. Infantry:

 

1st Regiment, New Jersey Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Trenton, N. J., and mustered in April 30, 1861. Left State for Annapolis, Md., May 3. Reported to General Butler May 5, thence moved to Washington, D. C., arriving May 6. Camp at Meridian Hill till May 23. Invasion of Virginia May 23-24. Occupa­tion of Arlington Heights May 24. Duty on line of Alexandria & Loudon Railroad till July 16. Attached to 1st Brigade, Runyon's Re­serve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 17-21. Battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21 (Re­serve). Mustered out at Newark, N. J., July 31, 1861.

 

Regiment lost 1 by disease during service.

 

 

1st Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. Col Robert *McAllister; Captain William H. *Tautum (B); 1stLt Camille *Baquet (Co. A); 1stLt Aaron B. *Jerome (Co. B&H); Pvt. William *Newill (Co. E)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in May 21, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., June 28, 1861. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. Kearney's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Kearney's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Di­vision, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21 (Reserve). Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Little River Turnpike October 15, 1861 (Co. "A"). Advance on Manassas, Va., March 8-15, 1862. Advance from Alexandria to Bristoe Station April 7-11. Embarked for the Peninsula, Va., April 17. Siege of Yorktown April 19-May 4 (on trans­ports). West Point May 7-8. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battle of Gaines Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. Duty at Harrison Landing till August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Manassas, Va., August 16-26. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2. Bull Run Bridge, Manassas, August 27. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Cover Pope's retreat to Centreville August 30-31. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, Md., September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Sharpsburg till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. (Co. "K" transferred to 1st New Jersey Battery Octo­ber 16, 1862.) Duty near Falmouth, Va., till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Fairfield, Pa., July 5. Williamsport July 6. At and near Funkstown July 10-13. Hagerstown July 11. In camp near Warrenton, Va., till September 15, and at Culpeper till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty at Brandy Station till May, 1864. Cam­paign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-19. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Jerusa­lem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and Northern De­fences of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap July 14-23. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Strasburg August 14-15. Cedar Creek August 15. Winchester August 17. Charlestown August 21-22. Battle of Win­chester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till Decem­ber. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Petersburg December, 1864. Siege of Petersburg, Va., December, 1864, to April, 1865. Dab­ney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27 and duty there till May 18. Moved to Richmond, thence to Washington, D. C., May 18-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Va., June 29, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 144 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 90 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 244.

 

Note.-Non-Veterans left front June, 1864, and mustered out at Trenton, N. J., June 23, 1864. Veterans and Recruits were attached to other Regiments of the Brigade till December, 1864, when they were organized into 1st New Jersey Veteran Battalion.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Baquet, Camille (Lt. Co. A, 1st NJ): History of the First Brigade, New Jersey Volunteers (MacCrellish & Quigley, State Printers, Trenton, 1910)

- McAllister, Robert (1st and 11th New Jersey Vols): The Civil War Letters of General Robert McAllister (LSU Press); Edited by Ja­mes I. Robertson, Jr. - One of Civil War Magazine's 100 Essential Civil War Titles. McAllister was one of the quietly efficient com­manders whose noble gallantry ultimately proved to be the salvation of the Union. He took part in all but two engagements of the Army of the Potomac, was twice wounded and three times promoted for heroism on the battlefield. Not daring to keep a diary that might fall into enemy hands, McAllister wrote daily to his wife and daughters, providing an intricately detailed description of his wartime ordeal for posterity. The 637 letters presented here provide a comprehensive look at the experiences of the Army of the Poto­mac and one often-overlooked Civil War General. 664 pp, 26 halftones, 1 map

 

 

1st Battalion New Jersey Veteran Infantry:

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

 

 

2nd Regiment New Jersey Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Trenton, N. J. Enrolled April 26 and mustered in May 1, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., May 3. Reported to Ge­neral Butler at Annapolis, Md., May 5; thence moved to Washington, arriving there May 6. Attached to Runyon's New Jersey Briga­de, Defences of Washington, to June, 1861. 1st Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to July, 1861. Camp at Meridian Hill May 9-24. Occupation of Arlington Heights, Va., May 24. Construction of Fort Runyon. Duty on line of Alexandria & Loudon Railroad till July 16. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Battle of Bull Run July 21 (Reserve). Mustered out at Trenton, N. J., July 21, 1861, expiration of term.

 

 

2nd Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., May 27, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., June 28, 1861. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. Kearney's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Kearney's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21 (Reserve). Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 8-15. Advance from Alexandria to Bristoe Station April 7-11. Embarked for the Virginia Peninsula April 17. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 19-May 4 (on transports). West Point May 7-8. Seven days before Rich­mond June 25-July 1. Battles of Gaines' Mill June 27. Garnett's Farm June 27. Golding's Farms June 28. Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe and Manassas, Va., June 16-26. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2. Action at Bull Run Bridge, Manassas, August 27. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Cover Pope's retreat to Centreville August 30-31. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, Md., September 14. Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Duty at Falmouth till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Ma­ryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks Ford May 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. Fairfield, Pa., July 5. At and near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. Near Warrenton, Va., till September 15, and at Culpeper till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahann­ock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At Brandy Station till May, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spott­sylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pa­munkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Non-Veterans relieved for muster out. Veterans and Recruits temporarily attached to 15th New Jersey Infantry under orders of May 29, 1864, till December 17, 1864, when reorganized as a Battalion. Non-Veterans mustered out at Newark, N. J., June 21, 1864. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12, 1864. Before Petersburg June 17-19. Siege of Pe­tersburg till July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Ste­vens and the Northern Defences of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap, Va., July 14-23. Sheridan's Shenan­doah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Strasburg August 14-15. Cedar Creek August 15. Winchester August 17. Charlestown Au­gust 21-22. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenand­oah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pur­suit of Lee April 8-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27 and duty there till May 18. March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., May 18-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Va., July 11, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 89 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 67 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 165.

 

 

2nd Regiment New Jersey Veteran Infantry:

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

 

 

3rd Regiment New Jersey Infantry (3 months, 1861):

s. Col (Captain Co. H) Henry *Brown; LtCol Stephen *Moore

 

Overview:

Regiment organized at Trenton, N. J., and mustered in April 27, 1861. Left State for Annapolis, Md., May 8, 1861. Reported to Gene­ral Butler May 5, thence moved to Washington, D. C., arriving May 6. At Meridian Hill till May 24. Occupation of Arlington Heights May 24. Attached to Runyon's New Jersey Brigade, Defences of Washington, to June, 1861. 1st Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to July, 1861.

 

Service:

Duty on line of Alexandria & Loudon Railroad till July 16. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Battle of Bull Run July 21 (Reser­ve). Mustered out July 31, 1861.

 

 

3rd Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in June 4, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., June 28, 1861. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. Kearney's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Kearney's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Divi­sion, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run July 21 (Reserve). Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Munson's Hill or Little River Turnpike August 31, 1861 (Cos. "I" and "K"). Springfield Station October 2 (Detach­ment). Burke's Station December 4 (Detachment). Advance on Manassas, Va., March 8-15. Advance from Alexandria to Bristoe Sta­tion April 7-11. Embarked for the Peninsula, Va., April 17. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 19-May 5 (on transports). West Point May 7-8. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Gaines Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Manassas, Va., August 16-26. Po­pe's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2. Bull Run Bridge August 27. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Cover Pope's retreat to Centreville August 30-31. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of Crampton's Gap, South Mountain, September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Sharpsburg till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks Ford May 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Fairfield, Pa., July 5. At and near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. Camp near Warrenton, Va., till September 15, and at Culpeper Court House till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station No­vember 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At Brandy Station till May, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the Ja­mes May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Non-Veterans relieved for muster out. Veterans and Recruits temporarily attached to 15th New Jersey Infantry under order of May 29, 1864, till December 17, 1864, when reorganized as a Veteran Battalion at Burke's Station, near Petersburg, Va. Non-Veterans muste­red out at Trenton, N. J., June 23, 1864. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-19. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and Nor­thern Defences of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap, Va., July 14-23. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Cam­paign August 7-November 28. Strasburg August 14-15. Cedar Creek August 15. Winchester August 17. Charlestown August 21-22. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Siege of Petersburg, Va., December, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mill's, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Sur­render of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27 and duty there till May 18. March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washing­ton, D. C., May 18-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Va., June 29, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 148 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 80 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 238.

 

 

3rd Battalion New Jersey Veteran Infantry:

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

 

 

4th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Trenton, N. J., and mustered in April 27, 1861. Left State for Annapolis, Md., May 3. Reported to General Butler May 5, then moved to Washington, D. C., arriving there May 6. Attached to Runyon's New Jersey Brigade, Defences of Washington, to June, 1861. 1st Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to July, 1861.

 

Service:

At Meridian Hill till May 24. Occupation of Arlington Heights, Va., May 24. Construction of Fort Runyon. Duty on line of Alexan­dria & Loudon Railroad till July 16. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Battle of Bull Run July 21 (Reserve). Mustered out July 31, 1861. Expiration of term.

 

 

4th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. Lt Huntington W. *Jackson (Co. B&F)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in August 19, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., August 20, 1861. Atta­ched to Kearney's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Kearney's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 8-15, 1862. Advance from Alexan­dria to Bristoe Station April 7-11. Embarked for the Virginia Peninsula April 17. Siege of Yorktown April 19-May 5 (on transports). West Point May 7-8. Reconnoissance to East Branch Chickahominy June 7 (Cos. "D," "F" and "I"). Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Gaines Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Manassas, Va., August 16-26. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virgi­nia August 26-September 2. Bull Run Bridge, Manassas, August 27. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Cover Pope's retreat to Centreville August 30-31. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, September 14; Antietam Septem­ber 16-17. At Sharpsburg, Md., till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operati­ons at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks Ford May 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Guarding ammunition train July. In camp near Warrenton, Va., till September 15, and at Culpeper Court House till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-Decembor 2. At Brandy Sta­tion to May, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., June 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defences of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap July 14-23. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Cam­paign August 7-November 28. Strasburg August 14-15. Winchester August 17. Charlestown August 21-22. Battle of Winchester Sep­tember 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27 and duty there till May 18. Moved to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., May 18-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Va., July 9, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 156 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 103 Enlisted men by disease. Total 266.

 

 

5th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. Col William J. *Sewell; Col (Major) Lewis A. *Grant; Captain Thomas J. *Godfrey; Captain Henry H. *Woolsey; 1stLt Ira T. *Bronson (Co. I,C); 1stLt James F. *Rusling (Co. E); Pvt Alfred *Bellard (Co. C)

 

Overview:

Organized at Concord, N. H., and mustered in October 22, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 29, 1861. Attached to Ho­ward's Brigade, Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1863. Concord, N. H., Dept. of the East, to November, 1863. Marston's Command, Point Lookout, Md., to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Camp at Bladensburg, Defences of Washington, D. C., till November 27, 1861. Expedition to Lower Maryland November 3-11. At Camp California, near Alexandria, Va., till March 10, 1862. Scout to Burke's Station January 17, 1862 (Co. "A"). Advance on Manas­sas, Va., March 10-15. Reconnoissance to Gainesville March 20, and to Rappahannock Station March 28-29. Warrenton Junction March 28. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula April 4. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4. Temporarily attached to Woodbury's En­gineer Brigade. Construct Grapevine Bridge over Chickahominy May 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines May 31-June 1. Se­ven days before Richmond June 2-July 1. Orchard Station June 28. Peach Orchard, Allen's Farm and Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and to Centreville, Va., August 16-30. Cover Pope's retreat from Bull Run. Maryland Campaign September-October. Battle of South Mountain, Md., September 14 (Reserve). Antietam Creek, near Keadysville, September 15. Battle of Antietam Md., September 16-17. Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 21 to October 29. Reconnoissance to Charlestown October 16-17. Ad­vance up Loudon Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Duty at Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Reconnoissance to Rappahannock June 9. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Moved to Concord, N. H., July 26-August 3. Duty at Draft Rendezvous, Concord, N. H., till No­vember. Moved to Point Lookout, Md., November 8-13, and duty there guarding prisoners till May 27, 1864. Moved to Cold Harbor, Va., May 27-June 1, and join Army of the Potomac. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg, Va., June 16-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1865. Deep Bottom, north of James River, July 27-28. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Demonstration north of James River August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Non-Veterans mustered out October 12, 1864. Reconnoissance to Hatcher's Run December 9-10. Dab­ney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. On line of Hat­cher's and Gravelly Runs March 29-30. Hatcher's Run or Boydton Road March 31. White Oak Road March 31. Sutherland's Stati­on April 2. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge and Cumberland Church April 7. Appomattox Court Hou­se April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out July 28, and discharged July 8, 1865.


This Regiment sustained the greatest loss in battle of any Infantry or Cavalry Regiment in the Union Army. Total killed and wounded 1,051.

Death losses during service 18 Officers and 277 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 176 Enlisted men by disease. Total 473.

 

Die 5th New Jersey Infantry gehörte im Sommer 1863 zur 3rd Brigade Col George C. Burling 2nd Division BrigGen Andrew A. Humphreys III Army Corps David E. Birney; Teilnahme am Battle von Gettysburg; die Regimenter von Burling's Brigade wurden an verschiedenen Stellen der Front, außerhalb des Brigadeverbandes als Verstärkung eingesetzt ( Pfanz: Gettysburg, a.a.O., S. 242).

 

Der Roster des Regiments bei National Park Soldiers weist 2894 Namen auf.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Bellard, Alfred (Pvt. 5th New Jersey Infantry): Gone for a Soldier: The Civil War Memoirs of Private Alfred Bellard (Little Brown: Boston 1975); Edited by David H. Donald

- Rusling, James F.: Men and Things I Saw in the Civil War Days (New York: Eaton & Mains; Cincinnati: Curts & Jennings, 1899)

 

 

6th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. LtCol Stephen R. *Gilkyson

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in August 19, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 10, 1861. Attached to Casey's Provisional Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. 3rd Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Divi­sion, 2nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to October, 1864.

 

Service:

Expedition to Lower Maryland November 3-11, 1861. At Meridian Hill till December, 1861, and near Budd's Ferry, Md., till April, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula April 5-8. Siege of Yorktown April 10-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks (or Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Duty near Seven Pines till June 25. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Oak Grove, near Seven Pines, June 25. Savage Station June 29. Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Landing till Au­gust 15. Movement to Centreville August 15-26. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2. Action at Bristoe Station (or Kettle Run) August 27. Battles of Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1. Duty in the Defences of Washington till November 1. Movement to Falmouth, Va., November 1-28. Duty near Falmouth November 28-December 11. Batt­le of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Operations at Rappahan­nock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Get­tysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Wapping Heights July 23. Duty near Warrenton till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. McLean's Ford October 15. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm Novem­ber 27. Duty near Brandy Station till May, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 5-7. Campaign from the Rapidan to the Ja­mes May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient ("Bloody Angle") May 12. Harris Farm (or Fredericksburg Road) May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to October 12, 1364. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. In trenches before Petersburg till July 12. In Reserve Camp till July 26. Demonstration on north side of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. In trenches till August 12. De­monstration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Before Pe­tersburg till October 12. Non-Veteran mustered out at Trenton, N. J., September 7, 1864. Veteran Battalion consolidated with 8th New Jersey Infantry October 12, 1864.

 

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 124 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 71 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 199.

 

Im Sommer 1863 war LtCol *Gilkyson Regimentskommandeur der 6th New Jersey Infantry. Das Regiment gehörte im Sommer 1863 zur 3rd Brigade Col George C. Burling 2nd Division BrigGen Andrew A. Humphreys III Army Corps David E. Birney; Teilnahme am Battle von Gettysburg; die Regimenter von Burling's Brigade wurden an verschiedenen Stellen der Front, außerhalb des Brigade­verbandes als Verstärkung eingesetzt ( Pfanz: Gettysburg, a.a.O., S. 242).

 

 

7th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. Col Louis R. *Francine; LtCol Ezra A. *Carman (Co. F&S), Major Frederick *Cooper

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in September 3, 1861. 7 Companies left State for Washington, D. C., Septem­ber 19, 1861, and 3 Companies October 3, 1861. Attached to Casey's Provisional Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. 3rd Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Po­tomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

At Meridian Hill till December 6, 1861. Expedition to Lower Maryland November 3-11. Duty at Budd's Ferry, Md., till April, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula April 5-8. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 10-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks (or Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Duty near Seven Pines till June 25. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Action at Oak Grove (near Seven Pines) June 25. Battles of Savage Station June 29. Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Lan­ding till August 15. Movement to Centreville, Va., August 15-26. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2. Ac­tion at Bristoe Station (or Kettle Run) August 27. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Duty in the Defences of Washington till November 1. Movement to Falmouth, Va., November 1-28. Duty near Falmouth November 28-De­cember 11. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Duty near Falmouth till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancel­lorsville May 1-6. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Wapping Heights July 23. Duty near Warrenton till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. McLean's Ford October 15. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-De­cember 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Duty near Brandy Station till May, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Cam­paign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient ("Bloody Angle") May 12. Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road, May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Oxford May 23-24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Be­fore Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864. Demonstra­tion north of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, Au­gust 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Fort Sedgwick September 10. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Yellow House October 2-5. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad De­cember 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton and White Oak Road March 30-31. Crow's House March 31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washing­ton, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington, D. C., till July. Mustered out July 17, 1865. Non-Veterans muste­red out at Trenton Octo­ber 7, 1864.

 

Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 126 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 121 Enlisted men by disease. Total 260.

 

Im Sommer 1863 war Col Louis R. *Francine Regimentskommandeur der 7th New Jersey Infantry. Das Regiment gehörte im Som­mer 1863 zur 3rd Brigade Col George C. Burling 2nd Division BrigGen Andrew A. Humphreys III Army Corps David E. Birney; Teilnahme am Battle von Gettysburg; die Regimenter von Burling's Brigade wurden an verschiedenen Stellen der Front, außerhalb des Brigadeverbandes als Verstärkung eingesetzt ( Pfanz: Gettysburg, a.a.O., S. 242).

 

Documents/Literature:

- Hayward, John: Give It To Them Jersey Blues. A History of the 7th Regiment New Jersey Volunteers in the Civil War (Longstreet House 1998); An all-new regimental history with 73 photographs of members, 375pp, over 100 Illustrations, 30 Maps, Rosters, Index

 

 

8th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. Col John *Ramsey; Captain John G. *Langston

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in September 14, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 1, 1861. Attached to Casey's Provisional Brigade, Division of the Potomac, October, 1861. 3rd Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Poto­mac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July, 1865.

Service:

 

At Meridian Hill till December 6, 1861. Expedition to lower Maryland November 3-11. Duty at Budd's Ferry, Md., till April, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula April 5-8. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 10-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks (or Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Duty near Seven Pines till June 25. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Action at Oak Grove, near Seven Pines, June 25. Battles of Savage Station June 29; Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Lan­ding till August 15. Movement to Centreville August 15-26. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2. Action at Bristoe Station (or Kettle Run) August 27. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till November 1. Movement to Falmouth, Va., November 1-28. Duty near Falmouth, Va., November 28-December 11. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Ope­rations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellors­ville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty near Warrenton, Va., till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. McLean's Ford October 15. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Duty near Brandy Station till May, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan Fe­bruary 6-7. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient ("Bloody Angle") May 12. Harris Farm, or Fredericksburg Road, May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Fort Sedgwick September 10. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Yellow House October 2-5. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton and White Oak Roads March 30-31. Crow's House March 31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington till July. Mustered out July 17, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 167 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 109 Enlisted men by disease. Total 286.

 

Im Sommer 1863 war Col Ramsey Regimentskommandeur der 6th New Jersey Infantry. Das Regiment gehörte im Sommer 1863 zur 3rd Brigade Col George C. Burling 2nd Division BrigGen Andrew A. Humphreys III Army Corps David E. Birney; Teilnahme am Battle von Gettysburg; die Regimenter von Burling's Brigade wurden an verschiedenen Stellen der Front, außerhalb des Brigadever­bandes als Verstärkung eingesetzt ( Pfanz: Gettysburg, a.a.O., S. 242).

 

 

9th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

1stLt James Madison *Drake (Co. D&K)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., September 13 to October 15, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., December 4. 1861. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey's Division, Army of the Potomac, to January, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expedi­tionary Corps, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to December, 1862. Heckman's Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1863. District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1863. Jourdan's Independent Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1863. District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to October, 1863. Heckman's Command, Newport News, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Heckman's Division, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virgi­nia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Portsmouth, Va., April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to September, 1864. District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1865. Sub-Dis­trict of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Beaufort, N. C., to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, District of Beaufort, N. C., to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Camp on Bladensburg Pike December 4-14, 1861, and on Meridian Hill, Defences of Washington, D. C., till January 4, 1862. Moved to Annapolis, Md., January 4, 1862. Burnside's Expedition to Roanoke Island and Hatteras Inlet January 5-February 8. Battle of Roa­noke Island February 8. Duty at Roanoke Island till March 11. Expedition to Winton February 18-20. Skirmish at Winton Februa­ry 19. Expedition to New Berne, N. C., March 11-14. Battle of New Berne March 14. At Newport Barracks and siege operations against Fort Macon April 1-26. Newport, N. C., April 7. Bombardment and capture of Fort Macon April 25-26. Expedition to Young's Cross Roads July 26-29 (6 Companies). Young's Cross Roads July 27. Reconnoissance from New Berne to Swansborough August 14-15 (Detachment). Duty at New Berne till December. Expedition to Tarboro November 1-12. Action at Rawle's Mills November 2. De­monstration on New Berne November 11. Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 11-20. Southwest Creek December 13-14. Kinston December 14. Whitehall December 16. Goldsboro December 17. Expedition to Port Royal, S. C., January 28-31, 1863. At St. Helena Island, S. C., February 9-April 4. Expedition against Charleston, S. C., April 4-10. Moved from Hilton Head, S. C., to New Berne, N. C., April 12-16. Expedition to relief of Little Washington, N. C., April 17-23. Moved to Carolina City April 25 and duty there till June. Expedition to Trenton July 4-8. Free Bridge Comfort (or Quaker Bridge) July 6. Expedition from Newport Bar­racks to Cedar Point and White Oak River June 13-16. At New Berne July 26-August 26, and at Carolina City till October 18. Moved to Newport News, Va., October 18-20, and duty there till January 31, 1864. Regiment Veteranize January 21, 1864, and Veterans on Furlough January 31-March 17. Skirmishes on Ballahock or Bear Quarter Road and at Deep Creek February 29-March 1. Ballahock Station, near Dismal Swamp, March 1. Deep Creek March 2. At Portsmouth and Getty's Station till April 26. Expedition to Isle of Wight County April 13-15. Smithfield, Cherry Grove, April 14. Moved to Yorktown April 26. Butler's operations on south side of Ja­mes River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Occupation of Bermuda Hundred May 5. Port Walthall Junction May 6-7. Swift Creek May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-28. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16-September 17. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Embarked for North Carolina Sep­tember 17, arriving at Morehead City and Carolina City September 21, and duty there till December 5. Non-Veterans left front Octo­ber 21, and mustered out at Trenton, N. J., December 7, 1864. Moved to New Berne, N. C., December 5, thence to Plymouth, N. C. Expedition to Williamston December 9-14. Expedition up the Roanoke December 22-24. At Plymouth, N. C., till January 7. Expediti­on to Hard's Island February 1-5 (Cos. "B," "E," "H" and "I"). Moved to Carolina City January 7, and duty there till March 4. Cam­paign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston March 4-14. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Occupation of Kin­ston March 14, and garrison there till March 19. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Provost duty at Goldsboro till April 10. Advan­ce on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. At Raleigh till May 2, and at Greensboro till July. (Co. "G" at Charlotte and Co. "I" guard duty at Salisbury.) Mustered out at Greensboro, N. C., July 12, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 89 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 163 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 262.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Drake, James Madison: The History of the Ninth New Jersey Veteran Volunteers. A Record of its Service from September 13, 1861 to July 12, 1865 (Elizabeth: Journal Printing House, 1889)

 

 

10th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Beverly, N. J., October 9, 1861, under authority of the War Department, as the "Olden Legion," Left State for Washing­ton, D. C., December 26, 1861. Transferred to State of New Jersey, reorganized and designated 10th Infantry January 29, 1862. Atta­ched to Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington, D. C., to February, 1863. District of Washington, D. C., 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. Philadelphia, Pa., Dept. of the Sus­quehanna, to September, 1863. Pottsville, Pa., Dept. of the Susquehanna, to November, 1863. Sub-District of Carbon, Dept. of the Susquehanna, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Provost duty at Washington, D. C., till April, 1863. Ordered to Suffolk, Va., April 12. Siege of Suffolk, Va., April 16-May 4. Edenton Road April 24. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Ordered to Washington, D. C., thence to Philadelphia, Pa., and duty there till Septem­ber, 1863. On provost duty at Pottsville, Pa., till October, and guard fords of the Potomac at and near Shepherdstown till November. At Mauch Chunk, Pa., Sub-District of Carbon, November, 1863, to April, 1864. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness, Va., May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defences of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap, Va., July 14-23. Action at Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Sheridan's Shenan­doah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Strasburg August 14-16. Winchester August 17. Point Pleasant August 21. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till Decem­ber. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 8-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till March 18. March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., May 18-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Va., June 22, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 91 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 187 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 283.

 

 

11th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry:

s. Col Robert *McAllister; LtCol Stephen **Moore; LtCol John *Schoonover; Sergeant Thomas B. *Marbaker (Co. E)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in August 15, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., August 25, 1862. Atta­ched to Whipple's Command, Defences of Washington, D. C., to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till November 16, 1862. March to Falmouth, Va., November 16-27. Duty near Falmouth, Va., November 28-December 11. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth, Va., till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty near Warrenton till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. McLean's Ford October 15. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford No­vember 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Duty near Brandy Station to May, 1864. De­monstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road, May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Yellow House October 2-5. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Forts Hascall and Morton November 5. Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton and White Oak Road March 30-31. Crow's House March 31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out near Washington, D. C., June 6, 1865. Veterans and recruits transferred to 12th New Jersey Infantry.

 

Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 131 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 107 Enlisted men by disease. Total 249.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Marbaker, Thomas B.: History of the Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers (Longstreet House, 1990, Reprint of 1898 title); New Intro­duction by John Kuhl, 490pp, 90 Illustrations, 10 Maps, Roster, Index, 52 Portraits of Regiment Members. The 11th New Jersey fought at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg; PDF-Version available

- McAllister, Robert (1st and 11th New Jersey Vols): The Civil War Letters of General Robert McAllister (LSU Press); Edited by Ja­mes I. Robertson, Jr. - One of Civil War Magazine's 100 Essential Civil War Titles. McAllister was one of the quietly efficient com­manders whose noble gallantry ultimately proved to be the salvation of the Union. He took part in all but two engagements of the Army of the Potomac, was twice wounded and three times promoted for heroism on the battlefield. Not daring to keep a diary that might fall into enemy hands, McAllister wrote daily to his wife and daughters, providing an intricately detailed description of his wartime ordeal for posterity. The 637 letters presented here provide a comprehensive look at the experiences of the Army of the Poto­mac and one often-overlooked Civil War General. 664 pp, 26 halftones, 1 map

 

 

12th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. LtCol Richard S. *Thompson; Captain George A. *Bowen (Co. I& C); Pvt William P. *Haines (Co. F)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Stockton, Woodbury, N. J., and mustered in September 4, 1862. Left State for Baltimore, Md., September 7. 1862. Attached to Defences of Baltimore, Md. Unattached, 3th Army Corps, Middle Dept., to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Di­vision, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Guard duty at Ellicott's Mills, Md., September 8-December 10, 1862. Moved to Washington, D. C., December 10, thence to join Army of the Potomac December 13-17, reporting at Falmouth, Va., December 20. Duty there till April 27, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap July 5-24. Duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad till September 12. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Picket duty on the Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Mine Run November 28-30. At Stevensburg till May, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Morton's Ford February 6-7. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton and White Oak Roads March 30-31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington, D. C., till July. Mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 15, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 168 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 99 Enlisted men by disease. Total 276.

 

Teilnahme an den Battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (Pickett's Charge), Petersburg, Bristoe and Reams' Station.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Bowen, George A.: „The Diary of Captain George A. Bowen, 12th New Jersey Volunteers.“ The Valley Forge Journal (June 1984), vol. 2

- **Haines, William P.: History of the Men of Co. F, With Description of Marches and Battles of the 12th New Jersey Volunteers (Mick­leton 1897, First Edition)

- **Thompson, Richard S. (12th NJ): While My Country is in Danger (Edmonston Publishing, 1994); Member of the 12th New Jersey Volun­teers, Thompson's biography highlights battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (Pickett's Charge), Petersburg, Bristoe and Reams' Station; Genealogy of Thompson and other Cape May, NJ families; index with over 350 names; 256 pp; illustrations; maps

 

 

13th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. Col Ezra A. *Carman; Sgt Samuel *Toombs

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark, N. J., and mustered in August 25, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., August 31, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Camp near Fort Richardson, on Arlington Heights, Va., September 2, 1862. Expedition beyond Rockville, Md., September 6-9. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. At Maryland Heights September 23-October 30. Picket duty near Sharpsburg, Md., October 30-December 10. March to Fairfax Station, Va., December 10-16, and duty there till December 26. Picket duty on the Occoquan January 4-20. "Mud March" January 20-24. At Fairfax Station till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancel­lorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Picket duty at Kelly's Ford July 31-August 15, and at Raccoon Ford to September 24. Movement to Stevenson, Ala., Sep­tember 24-October 4. Guard Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad till April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8, 1864. Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dal­las May 22-25. New Hope Church May 25. Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-21. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the sea Novem­ber l5-December 10. Sandersville November 26. Montieth Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Brigade train guard January 17-27. Division train guard to February 10. Occupati­on of Colum­bia February 16-17. Occupation of Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Averysboro March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupa­tion of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mus­tered out near Washington, D. C., June 8, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 71 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 44 Enlisted men by disease. Total 118.

 

Während Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign 1864 gehörte die13th New Jersey Infantry zur 2nd Brigade BrigGen Thomas H. Ruger, 1st Division BrigGen Alpheus S. Williams, XX Corps MajGen Joseph P. Hooker ( B & L, vol. IV, S. 286), MajGen George H. Tho­mas’ Army of the Cumberland. Teilnahme am Battle of Resaca am 14./15.5.1864. Die Division Williams wurde hierbei an den äußer­sten linken Flügel der US-Front verlegt zur Unterstützung des dort eingesetzten IV. Corps, welches praktisch in der Luft hing. Gegen diesen Flügel erfolgte der CS-Angriff von Gen Hood mit den Divisionen Stewart und Stevenson mit dem Ziel Sherman‘s Army zu flankieren und sie von ihren rückwärtigen Verbindungen nach Snake Creek Gap abzuschneiden. Der Angriff wurde erst im letzten Moment, nachdem die US-Front bereits zerbrochen war, durch Captain Simonson‘s Artillery im direkten Beschuß zusammen ge­schossen ( Castel: Decision in the West, a.a.O., S. 163 ff).

 

Documents/Literature:

- Toombs, Samuel: Reminiscenses of the War (Orange / New Jersey: Journal Office, 1878)

 

 

14th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Vredenburg near Freehold, N. J., and mustered in August 26, 1862. Left State for Baltimore, Md., September 2, 1862. Attached to Defences of Baltimore, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to January, 1863. 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 3rd Provisional Brigade, French's Division, 8th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty near Monocacy, Md., guarding railroad bridges and other points on the Upper Potomac, till June, 1863. Moved to Harper's Fer­ry, W. Va., and duty there and at Maryland Heights till June 30. Moved to Frederick, Md., June 30, and to Monocacy July 2. Pursuit of Lee July 6-24. Manassas Gap, Va., July 20. Wapping Heights July 23. Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Brandy Station No­vember 8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Mine Run November 28-30. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from the to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylva­nia May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Hanovertown May 30-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Baltimore, thence to Frederick, Md., July 6-8. Battle of Monocacy July 9. Expedition to Snicker's Gap July 14-23. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till De­cember. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Petersburg, Va., December 3-6. Siege of Petersburg December 6, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and capture of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 18. Moved to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., May 18-Ju­ne 2. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out near Washington, D. C., June 18, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 139 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 110 Enlisted men by disease. Total 257.

 

 

15th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Fair Oaks, near Flemmington, N. J., and mustered in August 25, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., August 27, 1862. At Tennallytown, D. C., till September 30, constructing Fort Kearney. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June, 1865,

 

Service:

Moved to Frederick, Md., September 30, 1862, thence to Bakerville and joined Army of the Potomac. Duty in Maryland till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Duty near Falmouth, Va., till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Cam­paign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Fairfield, Pa., July 5. At and near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. In camp near Warrenton till September 15, and at Culpeper till October. Bristoe Campaign Oc­tober 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign Novem­ber 26-December 2. Duty at Brandy Station till May, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Pe­tersburg June 17-19. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Re­pulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the northern defences of Washington, D. C., July 11-12. Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap July 14-23. Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Strasburg August 14-15. Cedar Creek August 15. Winchester August 17. Charlestown August 21-22. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill Septem­ber 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Pe­tersburg, Va., December. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault and capture of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 18. March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., May 18-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Va., June 22, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 232 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 131 Enlisted men by disease. Total 372.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Bilby, Joseph G.: Three Rousing Cheers: A History of the Fifteenth New Jersey from Flemington to Appomattox (Higthstown, NJ: Longstreet House, 1993)

- **Bilby, Joseph G. Savage Spring: The 15th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Spotsylvania. Excerpted from Military Images, September-October 1979, pp. 6-13.

- **Haines, Alanson A.: History of the Fifteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers (New York 1883, 1st Edition), 388pp, Illustrations, Maps, Rosters. Haines was the Unit Chaplain - This gallant regiment formed part of the famous First New Jersey Brigade, Wright's Brigade, Sedgewick's Sixth Corps.

 

 

16th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. 1st Regiment New Jersey Cavalry ( Stryker: Adjutant General Report New Jersey, vol. 1, a.a.O., S. 741).

 

 

17th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. 1st Regiment New Jersey Militia ( Stryker: Adjutant General Report New Jersey, vol. 1, a.a.O., S. 741).

 

Overview:

failed to complete Organisation ( Dyer's Compendium)

 

 

18th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. 2nd Regiment New Jersey Militia ( Stryker: Adjutant General Report New Jersey, vol. 1, a.a.O., S. 741).

 

Overview:

failed to complete Organisation ( Dyer's Compendium)

 

 

19th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. 3rd Regiment New Jersey Militia ( Stryker: Adjutant General Report New Jersey, vol. 1, a.a.O., S. 741).

 

Overview:

failed to complete Organisation ( Dyer's Compendium)

 

 

20th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. 4th Regiment New Jersey Militia ( Stryker: Adjutant General Report New Jersey, vol. 1, a.a.O., S. 741).

 

Overview:

failed to complete Organisation ( Dyer's Compendium)

 

 

21st Regiment, New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Trenton, N. J., and mustered in September 15, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 16, 1862, thence mo­ved to Frederick, Md., September 18, and joined Army of the Potomac on battlefield of Antietam, Md. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.

 

Service:

Duty at Hagerstown, Md., and guard duty at Dam No. 5 till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Batt­le of Fredericksburg December 11-15. Cover laying of pontoons December 11. Bowling Green Road December 11 in support of Weirs' Maryland Battery. Duty near White Oak Church and constructing corduroy road below Fredericksburg till April, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Mustered out at Trenton, N. J., June 19, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 20 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 30 Enlisted men by disea­se. Total 52.

 

 

22nd Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Trenton, N. J., and mustered in September 22, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 29, 1862. Attached to Abercrombie's Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, to December, 1862. Patrick's Command, Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington till November, 1862. Moved to Aquia Creek, Va., and duty there guarding railroad till January, 1863. Moved to Belle Plains and joined Army of the Potomac January 10, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Duty at Belle Plains till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Battle of Chancellors­ville May 2-5. Ordered home for muster out June, reaching Trenton June 22. Mustered out June 22, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 40 Enlisted men by disease. Total 41.

 

 

23rd Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Beverly, N. J., and mustered in September 13, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 26, thence moved to Frederick, Md. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.

 

Service:

March to Bakersville, Md., October 8, 1862, and join 1st New Jersey Brigade. At Bakersville, Md., till October 30. At New Baltimo­re November 9-16. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Duty near Falmouth, Va., till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" Janua­ry 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Regiment volunteered for service before muster out during the Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign, and moved to Harrisburg, Pa. Mustered out June 27, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 31 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 54 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 90.

 

 

24th New Jersey Infantry Regiment:

s. William M. *Sheppard

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Cadwallader, Beverly, N. J., and mustered in September 16, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 30, 1862. Attached to District of Washington October, 1862. Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, to De­cember, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.

 

Service:

At Camp Ingham on East Capital Hill till October 14. At Camp Nixon near Chain Bridge till October 18. Picketing Leesburg Road and fatigue duty at Forts Ethan Allen and Marcy till October 25. At Camp Cumberland till December 1. March to Falmouth, Va., De­cember 1-9. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Camp Knight till January, 1863. At Camp Robertson till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Mustered out at Beverly, N. J., June 29, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 46 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 53 Enlisted men by disease. Total 102.

 

Das Regiment war eingesetzt im Battle of Fredericksburg im Dezember 1862 ( Gallagher u.a.: Fredericksburg, a.a.O., S. 71)

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Borton, Benjamin (24th NJ Infantry): On the Parallels, or Chapters of Inner History: A Story of the Rappahannock (Woodstown, NJ 1903); 333 pp. "One who participated in the battles herein described in and around Fredericksburg VA 1862"

 

 

25th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Beverly, N. J., and mustered in Companies "A," "C," "E," "H" and "K" September 18, and Companies "B," "D,@ "F." "G" and "I" September 26, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 10, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Casey's Division, De­fences of Washington, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1863.

 

Service:

Camp on East Capital Hill and picket at Fairfax Seminary till November 30. March to Aquia Creek, Va., November 30-December 8, thence to Falmouth, Va. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Camp near Falmouth till February 11, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 11, and duty there till March 13. Picket at Fort Jericho near Dismal Swamp till April 10. Siege of Suffolk April 11-May 4. Near Suffolk, Reed's Ferry, Nansemond Church Road May 3. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Constructing Fort New Jersey near Norfolk, Va., May 10 to June 4. Moved to Portsmouth June 4. At Camp Cadwallader, Be­verly, N. J., June 8-20. Mustered out at Beverly, N. J., June 20, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 37 Enlisted men by disease. Total 57.

 

 

26th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark, N. J., and mustered in September 18, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 26. Camp on Capital Hill till October 1. Moved to Frederick, Md., October 1, thence to Hagerstown, Md., October 11. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. At Hagerstown, Md., till October 31. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 31-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth, Va., till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Franklin's Crossing June 5-13. Reached Washington, D. C., June 17. Mustered out at Newark, N. J., June 27, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 14 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 21 Enlisted men by disease. Total 36.

 

 

27th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark, N. J., and mustered in September 3, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 9, 1862. At East Capital Hill till October 29 and near Alexandria, Va., till December 1. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Casey's Division, De­fences of Washington, D. C., to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863, and Army of the Ohio, to June, 1863.

 

Service:

Moved to Fredericksburg December 1-10. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Mo­ved to Newport News, Va., February 11-13, thence to Suffolk, Va., March 18, and to Lexington and Nicholasville, Ky., March 19-28. Operations against Pegram's forces till May. Expedition to Monticello April 25-May 8. Monticello May 1. Camp near Somerset till June 3. Moved to Hickman's Bridge, thence to Cincinnati, Ohio, June 15. Volunteered services in Pennsylvania during Lee's invasion of that state, after term had expired. On duty at Wheeling, W. Va., and at Pittsburg, Pa., and vicinity till June 26. Moved to Harris­burg, Pa., June 26, thence to New Jersey and mustered out July 2, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 93 Enlisted man by disease. Total 94.

 

 

28th New Jersey Infantry Regiment:

s. J. Gilmore *West

 

Overview:

Organized at Freehold and mustered in September 15, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 2, 1862. Attached to Provisio­nal Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, October to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., October 3 to December 1, 1862. March to Fal­mouth, Va., December 1-9. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth, Va., till April 27, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Mustered out July 6, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 51 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 31 Enlisted men by disease. Total 84.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **West, J. Gilmore (28th New Jersey): The Diary of a Soldier (Longstreet House); 120 pp; Rosters

 

 

29th New Jersey Infantry Regiment:

s. T. C. *Morford

 

Overview:

Organized at Freehold, N. J., and mustered in September 20, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 28, 1862. Attached to Abercrombie's Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, to December, 1862. Patrick's Command, Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till November, 1862. Moved to Aquia Creek, Va., and duty there guarding railroad till Ja­nuary, 1863. Moved to Belle Plain, Va., and joined Army of the Potomac January 10, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Duty at Belle Plain till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5. Ordered home for muster out June. Mustered out July 6, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 39 Enlisted men by disease. Total 40.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Morford, T. C.: Fifty Years Ago: A Brief History of the 29th New Jersey Infantry (Longstreet House, 1990; Reprint of 1912); 54 pp; Introduction by David Martin; Roster; Index

 

 

30th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Flemmington, N. J., and mustered in September 17, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 30, 1862. Atta­ched to Abercrombie's Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, to December, 1862. Patrick's Command, Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till November, 1862. Moved to Aquia Creek, Va., and duty there guarding railroad till Ja­nuary, 1863. Moved to Belle Plain, Va., and joined Army of the Potomac January 10, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Duty at Belle Plain till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5. Ordered home for muster out June. Mustered out June 27, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 62 Enlisted men by disease. Total 64.

 

 

31st Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. Pvt. John S. *Applegate (Co. H)

 

Overview:

Organized at Flemmington, N. J., and mustered in September 17, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 26, 1862. Atta­ched to Abercrombie's Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, to December, 1862. Patrick's Command, Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.

 

Service:

Duty in the defences of Washington till November, 1862. Moved to Aquia Creek, Va., and duty there guarding railroad till January, 1863. Moved to Belle Plain, Va., and joined Army of the Potomac January 10, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Duty at Belle Plain till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's, Mill Creek, April 29-May 2. Battle of Chan­cellorsville May 2-5. Ordered home for muster out June. Mustered out June 24, 1863.

 

Regiment lost during service 39 Enlisted men by disease.

 

 

32nd Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. 2nd Regiment New Jersey Cavalry ( Stryker: Adjutant General Report New Jersey, vol. 1, a.a.O., S. 958).

 

 

33rd Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. Major Stephen Pierson; Col George W. Mindil

 

Overview:

Organized at Newark, N. J., and mustered in September 3, 1863. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 8, 1863, thence moved to Warrenton, Va., September 13-19. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland and Geor­gia, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 26-30, 1863, thence moved to mouth of Battle Creek, October 18, and duty there guarding bridges till November 4. Moved to Lookout Valley, Tenn., November 4-6. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Or­chard Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 17. Duty in Alabama till May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. New Hope Church May 25. Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. Expedition to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29. Near Atlanta November 9. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Montieth Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Ben­tonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Smithfield, N. C., April 11. Occupa­tion of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 23-24. Mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 17, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 72 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 85 Enlisted men by disease. Total 163.

 

 

34th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organization commenced at Beverly, N. J. Company "A" mustered in September 3; Company "C" September 21, and Company "G" September 23, 1863. Transferred to Trenton, N. J., October 3, 1863, and Company "B" organized October 15; Company "D" October 6; Company "E" October 26; Company "F" October 8; Company "H" October 6; Company "I" October 20, and Company "K" No­vember 9, 1863. Left State for Eastport, Miss., November 16, 1863. Attached to District of Co­lumbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1864. District of Paducah, Ky., Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Di­vision, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865. District of Alabama, Dept. of the Gulf, to April, 1866.

 

Service:

Moved from Eastport, Miss., to Columbus, Ky., December 12-20, 1863, thence to Union City, Tenn., December 20. Expedition to Huntington, Tenn., in pursuit of Forest December 22, 1863, to January 21, 1864. Garrison duty at Columbus, Ky., January 21 to Au­gust 28. Expedition to Riley's Landing February 17. Near Island No. 10 March 6. Scout from Island No. 10 to New Madrid March 18 (Co. "C"). Skirmishes at Columbus, Ky., March 27 and April 11-13. Hickman June 10. Expediti­on into the interior July 9-12. (Co. "C" on duty at Island No. 10 July and August.) Clinton July 10. Expedition to Uniontown, Ky., against Johnston and Adams August 15-25. Moved to Mayfield, Ky., August 28. Duty there and at Paducah, Ky., till December. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., December 25, thence to Eastport, Miss., January 11, 1865, and duty there till February 7. Moved to New Or­leans, La., February 7-22. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defences March 17-April 12. Sie­ge of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and cap­ture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25, and provost duty there, at Monte­vallo, Talladega, Gainesville, Tuscaloosa and other points in Alabama till April, 1866. Mustered out April 10, 1866. Discharged at Trenton, N. J., April 30, 1866.

 

Regiment lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 164 Enlisted men by disease. Total 170.

 

 

35th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Flemmington, N. J., and mustered in by Companies as follows: Company "A" August 28; Company "B" September 25; Company "C" September 15; Company "D" October 13; Companies "E" and "F" September 18; Company "G" September 21 at Free­hold; Company "I" September 18, and Company "K" September 15, 1863. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 19, 1863. Atta­ched to Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to November, 1863. District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till November, 1863. Moved to Eastport, Miss., November 9-28, thence to Columbus, Ky., and Union City, Tenn., December 12-20, and duty there till January 16, 1864. Moved to Columbus, Ky., thence to Vicksburg, Miss. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Meridian February 9-13. Marion February 15-17. Meridian February 16. Operations in West Tennessee against Forest March 16-April 14. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 5-13. Sugar Valley, near Resaca, May 9. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. On line of Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Decatur July 19-22. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. At East­point till October 4. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 4-26. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnoissance to Salkehatchie River January 20, 1865. River's and Broxton Bridges, Salkehatchie River, S. C., February 2. River's Bridge February 3. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River, Orangeburg, February 11-12. Columbia February 15-17. Cheraw March 3-4. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occu­pation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surren­der of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 23. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 5, and duty there till July. Mustered out July 20, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 24 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 132 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 159.

 

 

36th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

s. 3rd Regiment New Jersey Cavalry ( Dyer's Compendium)

 

 

37th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Delaware, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in June 23, 1864. Left State for City Point, Va., June 28. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., July 1 to September 26, 1864. Attached to 10th Army Corps, Unassigned, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia, and North Carolina.

 

Service:

Fatigue duty at Point of Rocks, Va., and at Redoubt Converse on Spring Hill, near Appomattox River, till August 28. Assigned to duty by detachments, at Broadway Landing, unloading vessels, at Corps Headquarters, with the Ambulance Corps. At Point of Rocks in charge of Commissary Department. Duty in trenches before Petersburg, Va., in rear of Hare House Battery August 28-September 25. Ordered to Trenton, N. J., September 26. Mustered out at Trenton, N. J., October 1, 1864.

 

Regiment lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 13 Enlisted men by disease. Total 19.

 

 

38th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry:

s. Major William H. *Tautum

 

Overview:

Organized at Trenton, N. J., and mustered in by Companies as follows: Company "A" September 22, Company "B" September 9, Company "C" September 10, Company "D" September 24, Company "E" October 1, Company "F" September 22, Company "G" September 27, Company "H" September 30, Company "I" September 12, and Company "K" September 15, 1864. Left State by de­tachments, Companies "B," "C," "I" and "K" September 20, 1864; Companies "A," "D" and "F" September 29, 1864, and Companies "E," "G" and "H" October 4, 1861, for City Point, Va. Attached to Separate Brigade, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, and assigned to garrison duty at Fort Powhatan, James River, till April, 1865. Moved to City Point and mustered out June 30, 1865.

 

Regiment lost 14 by disease during service.

 

 

39th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Newark, N. J., October 3, 1864. Left State for City Point, Va., by detachments October 4-10, 1864. Attached to Ben­ham's Engineer Brigade, City Point, Va., temporarily, October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Poto­mac, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty on breastworks at City Point, Va., October, 1864, then moved to Poplar Grove Church. Battle of Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, Va., October 27-28, 1864. Siege of Petersburg till April 2, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 2, 1865. Assault on and capture of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to City Point, thence to Washington and Alexandria April 20-27. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 17, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 29 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 10 Enlisted men by disease. Total 42.

 

 

40th Regiment New Jersey Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Trenton, N. J., February 2, 1865. Left State for Petersburg, Va., by Companies as follows: Company "A" mustered in October 24, 1864, left State October 24, 1864. Company "B" mustered in December 24, 1864, and January 12, 1865, left State De­cember 24, 1864, and January 12, 1865. Company "C" mustered in January 21, 1865, and left State January 21, 1865. Company "D" mustered in January 27, and left State January 31, 1865. Company "E" mustered in February 2, and left State February 6, 1865. Com­pany "F" mustered in February 9, and left State February 10, 1865. Company "G" mustered in February 16, and left State February 17, 1865. Company "H" mustered in February 22, and left State February 24, 1865. Company "I" mustered in March 2, and left State March 4, 1865. Company "K" mustered in March 10, and left State March 12, 1865. Each Company attached to 4th New Jersey In­fantry, on arrival, till 6th Company, then assumed Regimental organization, and attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps. Siege operations against Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Ap­pomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and capture of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 18. March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., May 18-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out July 13, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 17 Enlisted men by disease. Total 19.

 

 

 

 

 

 

c. Cavalry:

 

1st Regiment New Jersey Cavalry:

s. LtCol Joseph *Karge (Co. F&S); Chaplain Henry R. *Pyne (Co. F&S)

 

  • Overview:
  • Organized at Trenton, N. J., under authority of the War Department August 14, 1861, as Halsted's Cavalry. Left State for Washington, D. C.; four Companies August 24 and six Companies August 31, 1861. Attached to Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington, to May, 1862. Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Rappa­hannock, to June, 1862. Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Bayard's Cavalry Briga­de, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, to May, 1865. 1st Bri­gade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. of Washington, to July, 1865.
  •  
  • Service:
  • Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till May, 1862. Reconnoissance to Pohick Church, Va., December 18, 1861 (1 Co.). Lee's House, Occoquan Bridge, January 29, 1862 (Detachment). Transferred to State of New Jersey and designated 1st Cavalry February 19, 1862. Rappahannock River May 13. Staunton and Strasburg Road June 1-2. Woodstock June 2. Harrisonburg June 6. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Reconnoissance to James City July 22-24. Operations about Orange Court House July 29. Barnett's Ford August 1. Slaughter House August 8. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Rappahannock Station August 19. Brandy Station, Stevensburg and Raccoon Ford August 20. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Warrenton August 26. Faquier White Sulphur Springs August 27. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Bull Run August 30. German­town and Centreville August 31. Chantilly August 31. In Defences of Washington September. Reconnoissance from Upton's Hill to Leesburg September 16-18 (2 Cos.). Expedition from Centreville to Warrenton September 29 (Detachment). Expedition to Thorough­fare Gap October 17-18. Near Upperville October 29 (Detachment). Aldie and Mountsville October 31. Salem, New Baltimore and Thoroughfare Gap November 4. Rappahannock Station November 7, 8 and 9. Snicker's Ferry, Berryville, November 30. Near Dum­fries December 11. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Near Chantilly December 29. Near Fairfax Court House and Middle­burg January 26. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Stoneman's Raid April 29-May 8. Brandy Station and Beverly Ford June 9. Aldie June 17. Middleburg June 19. Upperville June 21. Dover June 22. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Emmettsburg, Md., July 4. Old Antietam Forge, near Leitersburg, July 10. Reconnoissance to Ashby's Gap July 11-14. Ashby's Gap July 12. Near Harper's Ferry July 14. Shephardstown July 14-16. Scout to Goose Creek July 25-27. Rixeyville Ford August 5. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Bristoe Campaign October 8-22. Skirmishes at James City October 8-10. Near Warrenton October 11. Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs October 12-13. Brentsville October 14. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Near Warrenton November 11. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. New Hope Church November 27. Parker's Store November 29. Reconnoissance from Bealeton and Front Royal January 1-4, 1864. Scout from Warrenton to Piedmont February 17-18. Near Piedmont February 18 (Detachment). Custer's Raid into Albemarle County February 28-March 1. Near Charlottesville February 29. Stannardsville March 1. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Todd's Tavern May 5-6. Wilderness, May 6-7. Todd's Tavern May 7-8. Corbin's Bridge May 8. Sheridan's Raid May 9-24. Davenport and Childsburg May 9. North Anna River May 9-10. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Ashland May 11. Brooks' Church or fortifications of Richmond May 12. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Hawes' Shop May 28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor May 31-June 1. Sumner's Upper Bridge, Sheridan's Trevillian Raid, June 7-24. Trevilian Station June 11-12. Newark or Mallory's Cross Roads June 12. Black Creek or Tunstall Station June 21. White House of St. Peter's Church June 21. St. Mary's Church June 24. Near Petersburg June 29-July 12. Lee's Mills, Warwick Swamp, July 12. Demonstration north of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Malvern Hill July 28. Ream's Station August 3. Demonst­ration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Gravel Hill August 14. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Din­widdie Road, near Roam's Station, August 23. Ream's Station August 25. Old members mustered out at Trenton, N. J., September 16, 1864. Belcher's Mills September 17. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Arthur's Swamp September 30-October 1. Vaughan Road October 1. Boydton Plank Road or Hatcher's Run October 27-28. Reconnoissance to Stony Creek November 7. War­ren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Bellefield Station December 9-10. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 23-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Payne's Cross Roads and Amelia Springs April 5. Sailor's Creek April 6. Farmville April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition from Burkesville to Danville and South Boston April 23-27. Moved to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Company "F" mustered out at Washington May 25, 1865. Mustered out at Cloud's Hills, Va., July 24, 1865.
  •  
  • Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 116 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 185 Enlisted men by disease. Total 317.
  •  
  • Predecessor Unit
  • NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS 16th REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Donald E. Kester: Cavalryman in Blue: Colonel John Woods Kester of the 1st New Jersey Cavalry in the Civil War (Longstreet House, 1997)

- **Pyne, Henry R. (Regimental Chaplain): The History of the 1st New Jersey Cavalry (Trenton 1871; Reprint 1961); Complete rosters; Details campaigns against Mosby

 

 

2nd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment:

s. Col Joseph *Karge (Co. F&S); 5th Corporal Townsend *Walmsley (Co. K)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Parker, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in August 15, 1863. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 5, 1863. Atta­ched to Stoneman's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to December, 1863. District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1863. Waring's Cavalry Brigade, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, District of West Tennessee, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to December, 1864. 1st Bri­gade, Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to May, 1865. Dept. of Mississippi to November, 1865.

 

Service:

In camp near Alexandria, Va., till November 9, 1863. Scout to Annandale October 18 (Cos. "B," "C," "G" and "L"). Moved to East­port, Miss., November 9-28; thence to Columbus, Ky., December 6. To Union City, Tenn., December 15. Garrison and scout duty at Paris, Tenn., December 23, 1863, to January 16, 1864. Moved to Union City January 16-20. Expedition from Union City to Trenton January 22-27. March from Union City to Memphis and Colliersville, Tenn., January 28-February 8. Smith's Expedition to Okolona, Miss., February 11-26. Aberdeen, Miss., February 19. Prairie Station February 20. West Point February 20-21. Okolona February 21-22. Ivy's Farm February 22. Tallahatchie River February 23. Operations against Forest in West Tennessee and Kentucky March 16-A­pril 14. Near Memphis April 5. Raleigh April 10. Sturgis' Expedition to Ripley, Miss., April 30-May 9. Bolivar, Tenn., May 2. Holly Springs May 23. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown June 1-13. Brice's Cross Roads or Tishamingo Creek, near Guntown, June 10. Ri­pley June 11. Duty on Memphis & Charleston Railroad between Moscow and LaGrange June 25-July 5. Expedition from Memphis to Grand Gulf, Miss., July 4-24 (Detachment). Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., July 5-6. Port Gibson July 14. Grand Gulf July 15-16. Smit­h's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Hurricane Creek and Oxford August 9. Tallahatchie River August 14. Waterford August 19. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., August 31, 1864, to December 20, 1864. Hernando October 15. Yazoo City December 2. Chickasawba Bridge December 10. Grierson's Raid to destroy Mobile & Ohio Railroad December 20, 1864, to January 15, 1865. Verona December 25. Egypt Station December 28. Moved to Natchez, Miss., January 19, and duty there till March 4. Moved to New Orleans, La., and camp at Carrollton till April 5. Moved to Mobile, Ala., April 5. Spanish Fort April 8. Fort Blakely April. Expedition from Blakely, Ala., to Georgetown, Ga., April 17-30. Moved to Columbus, Miss., and duty there till June 7. Moved to Vicksburg June 7. Duty there and at Natchez, Port Gibson and Brookhaven till November. Mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., November 1, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 190 Enlisted men by disease. Total 241.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Walmsley, George P. (Author): Experiences of a Civil War Horse Soldier (University Press of America, 1993) (zu Fifth Corporal Townsend *Walmsley)

 

 

3rd Regiment New Jersey Cavalry:

s. Col Charles Russell *Lowell; Captain *Bliss ( Nosworthy: Bloody Crucible, a.a.O., S. 255); Pvt George *Harrisonburg (Co. B)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Bayard, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in by Companies as follows: Company "A" January 26, Company "C" Janua­ry 22, Company "E" January 4, Company "F" January 12, Companies "G" and "H" January 6, 1864; Company "D@ December 2, 1863; Company "B" January 29, and Companies "I," "K," "L" and "M" March 24, 1864. March to Annapolis, Md., April 5-7, 1864. Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad April 29-May 5. Attached to Cavalry, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac and Middle Military Division, to June, 1865. Defences of Wa­shington, D. C., to August, 1865.

 

Service:

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 12, 1864. Wilderness May 5-7. Near Germania Ford May 5. Picket on the Ra­pidan May 6. Guard pontoons May 7. Expedition to Fredericksburg May 8-9. Spottsylvania May 9-12. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. United States Ford May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Mechump's Creek May 31. Ashland Station June 1. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Totopotomoy, Gaines' Mill, Salem Church and Hawes' Shop June 2. Hawes' Shop June 3. Bethesda Church June 11. White Oak Swamp June 13. Smith's Store, near St. Mary's Church, June 15. Weldon Railroad June 20. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Milford Station June 27. Picket duty at City Point till July 16. Duty at Light House Point July 16-25. Before Petersburg July 25. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Cos. "A" and "E"). Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Winchester August 17. Summit Point August 21. Middleway Au­gust 21. Near Kearneysville August 25. Abraham's Creek, near Winchester, September 13. Battle of Winchester September 19. Near Cedarville September 20. Front Royal September 21. Milford September 22. Waynesboro September 29. Bridgwater October 2. Tom's Brook ("Woodstock Races") October 8-9. Picket at Cedar Creek till October 13. Cedar Creek October 13. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Newtown (or Middletown) November 12. Rude's Hill, near Mt. Jackson, November 22. Expedition from Kern­stown to Lacey's Springs December 19-22. Lacey's Springs December 21. Sheridan's Raid from Winchester February 27-March 24, 1865. Occupation of Staunton March 2. Action at Waynesboro March 2. Occupation of Charlottesville March 3. Near Ashland March 15. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Namozine Church April 3. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville and South Boston April 23-27. March to Washington, D. C., May. Grand Review May 23. Mus­tered out at Washington, D. C., August 1, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 47 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 105 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 157.

 

Predecessor Unit

NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS 36th REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d. Artillery:

 

 

1st Regiment New Jersey Light Artillery:

 

 

Battery B, New Jersey Light Artillery:

Battery B, Clark‘s Battery ( Pfanz: Gettysburg. The Second Day, a.a.O., S. 15)

 

s. Pvt Michael *Hanifen

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in September 3, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 22, 1861. Attached to Hamilton's Division, Defences of Washington, to March, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Po­tomac, to June, 1862. Artillery Reserve, 3rd Army Corps, to August, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March, 1862. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks (or Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Action at Fair Oaks Station June 21. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Oak Grove, Seven Pines, June 25. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Landing till August 16. Moved to Washington, D. C., and duty in the Defences of that city till November. Operations on Orange and Alexandria Railroad November 10-12. Near Falmouth, Va., November 28-December 11. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. South Mountain, Md., July 12. Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap, Va., July 23. Near Warrenton, Va., till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Brandy Station November 8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At and near Stevensburg till May, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient ("Bloody Angle") May 12. Harris Farm (or Fredericksburg Road) May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Pe­tersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James River August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Russell's Mills August 18. Ream's Station August 25. Wat­kins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Hatcher's Run March 29-31. Boydton Road, Fall of Petersburg, April 2. Sutherland Station April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. Farmville April 6-7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D. C., May. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 16, 1865.

 

Battery lost during Service 1 Officer and 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 23 Enlisted men by disease. Total 32.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Hanifen, Michael: History of Battery B, First New Jersey Artillery (Longstreet House, 1991; Reprint of 1905 title). Scarcest of all NJ Regimentals. The only monograph of any of the state's 5 batteries in the war. 200 pp, Roster, Illustrated, New Index

 

 

Hexamers Battery:

 

Documents/Literature:

- Martin, David (ed.): Hexamer‘s First New Jersey Battery in the Civil War (Longstreet House, 1992); 36pp

 

 

 

 

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