New Jersey and the Rebellion: A History of the Service of the Troops and People of New Jersey in Aid of the Union CauseThis book examines the role of New Jersey's militias in the Civil War by regiment. |
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... command of that department ) , directing that the head- quarters of the brigade be changed , and two regiments moved to a new position about three miles from Camp Princeton . According- ly , the First and Third Regiments were advanced ...
... command of that department ) , directing that the head- quarters of the brigade be changed , and two regiments moved to a new position about three miles from Camp Princeton . According- ly , the First and Third Regiments were advanced ...
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... command to provide themselves with two days ' cooked rations , and on the 18th General Runyon formally assumed command of all the troops not on the march to the front . " Meanwhile , operations at the front were going actively forward ...
... command to provide themselves with two days ' cooked rations , and on the 18th General Runyon formally assumed command of all the troops not on the march to the front . " Meanwhile , operations at the front were going actively forward ...
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... command , he had hitherto had no relation whatever ; and of course knew nothing as to their efficiency or the trustworthiness of their officers . Besides , the command being suddenly devolved upon him , he had not been able to consult ...
... command , he had hitherto had no relation whatever ; and of course knew nothing as to their efficiency or the trustworthiness of their officers . Besides , the command being suddenly devolved upon him , he had not been able to consult ...
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... command immediately to Centreville , by the railroad to Fairfax Station , and thence to march . You will report to Captain James B. Fry , Assistant Adjutant - General . ” ( Dated at Alexandria , July 21 , and signed , " By command of ...
... command immediately to Centreville , by the railroad to Fairfax Station , and thence to march . You will report to Captain James B. Fry , Assistant Adjutant - General . ” ( Dated at Alexandria , July 21 , and signed , " By command of ...
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... command , for not a few of those who went down in the storm had been men of mark , and held high social as well as military rank . In the First Regiment , Major David Hatfield was wounded in the early part of the engagement , and ...
... command , for not a few of those who went down in the storm had been men of mark , and held high social as well as military rank . In the First Regiment , Major David Hatfield was wounded in the early part of the engagement , and ...
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Adjutant advance army artillery assault attack battery battle of Fredericksburg bivouacked Brandy Station brave brevet bridge Brigadier-General camp campaign Captain captured cavalry Centreville charge Colonel column command Company H Court House Creek crossed Division duty Eleventh encamped enemy enemy's engaged fall back February 19 fell field Fifteenth fighting fire flank force Ford forward Fredericksburg front gallant gallantry guns Heckman hill honor horses hundred infantry James Jersey Brigade Jersey Volunteers Jerseymen John Kearney killed Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle loss Major Major-General marched McAllister ment miles Mindil morning moved movement mustered Newark night Ninth North Carolina o'clock officers once ordered Pennsylvania Petersburg picket position Potomac prisoners railroad Rappahannock reached rear rebel received regi regiment remained retreat river road Second Brigade Second Lieutenant sent Sergeant shell shot Sixth Corps skirmishers soldiers soon Station Third Thirty-third Trenton troops Warrenton Washington William woods wounded York
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Page 79 - ... to the field and was present. I take great pleasure in saying — for both these regiments fought under my own eye — that the First regiment showed the same indomitable courage as the Third regiment, exposing themselves to the leaden hail of an often unseen foe, advancing with the Third regiment, and stood steadily under a most galling fire until the close of the action. Their loss was : enlisted men killed, twenty ; wounded, eighty ; missing, fiftyseven.