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The state of New Jersey in the United States provided a source of troops, equipment and leaders for the Union during the American Civil War.Though no major battles were fought in New Jersey, soldiers and volunteers from New Jersey played an important part in the war, including Philip Kearny and George B. McClellan, who led the Army of the Potomac early in the Civil War and unsuccessfully ran ...
"Remember You Are Jerseymen!" A Military History of New Jersey's Troops in the Civil War. Book No. 141 (1st ed.). Hightstown, New Jersey, US: Longstreet House. ISBN 0-944413-54-4. Foster, John Y. (1868). New Jersey and the Rebellion: A History of the services of the troops and people of New Jersey in aid of the Union cause. Newark, New Jersey ...
The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket used by the United States Army during the American Civil War. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield" (after its original place of production, Springfield, Massachusetts). [5] It was the most widely used Union Army shoulder weapon during the Civil War, favored for its range, accuracy ...
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The 10th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was a regiment was organized under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July 22, 1861, and by authority issued by the War Department. It was created to recruit from residents of the State of New Jersey , but was not under the control or supervision of the State authorities. [ 2 ]
The 4th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was first organized at Trenton, New Jersey for three months service on April 27, 1861. It was attached to Runyon's New Jersey Brigade, Defenses of Washington, to June 1861. It was then attached to 1st Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia.
Bilby, Joseph G. and Goble, William C., Remember You Are Jerseymen: A Military History of Jersey's Troops in the Civil War, Longstreet House, Hightstown, NJ, June 1998. ISBN 0-944413-54-4. Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of Rebellion, 1908. Stryker, William S., Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War. Trenton, NJ ...
The 1st New Jersey Infantry Regiment was an American Civil War Union Army regiment of infantry from New Jersey that served in the Army of the Potomac.. 1st New Jersey Infantry Regiment was recruited and mustered into Federal service in May 1861, and was brigaded with the 2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and the 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry to make up ...