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May 21 |
Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N.J., and mustered in for three years service under Colonel William R. Montgomery, Lieutenant Colonel Robert McAllister and Major David Hatfield |
June 28 |
Left State for Washington, D. C.; Attached to 2nd Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run, Va. (Reserve) |
August |
Attached to Kearney's Brigade, Division of the Potomac; Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
September 1 |
Captain Alfred T. A. Torbert of the 5th United States Infantry enrolled as colonel |
October |
Attached to Kearney's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 15 |
Little River Turnpike (Company A) |
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March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 8-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
April 7-11 |
Advance from Alexandria to Bristoe Station |
April 17 |
Embarked for the Peninsula, Va. attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock
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April 19-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown (on transports) |
May 7-8 |
West Point. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps
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June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 27 |
Battles of Gaines Mill
Captain Epraim Brewster was killed, Major Hatfield was mortally wounded and Captain John Mount was wounded |
June 30 |
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale
Lt. Colonel McAllister transferred to 11th New Jersey Infantry as colonel |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July 2-August 16 |
Duty at Harrison's Landing
Lieutenant Robert Boggs died of typhoid fever |
August 12 |
Adjutant William Henry promoted to major |
August 16-26 |
Moved to Fortress Monroe, then to Manassas, Va. |
August 26-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 27 |
Bull Run Bridge, Manassas |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
August 30-31 |
Cover Pope's retreat to Centreville |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Battle of Crampton's Gap, South Mountain
From the monument: "Late in the afternoon the Brigade advanced from the fields north and west of Burkittsville, charged up the mountain, carried this point, and followed the enemy to the west foot of the mountain. Loss in the Brigade 40 killed, 134 wounded" |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
The brigade was commanded by its senior colonel, Alfred T. A. Torbert of the 1st New Jersey. Lieutenant Colonel Mark W. Collet commanded the 1st.
From the monument: "The Brigade arrived upon the field from Crampton's Pass about noon, and was formed for a charge upon the Confederate line just North of the Dunkard Church. The order for the charge was countermanded, and the brigade took position across this road, in support of the 6rh Corps Artillery, the right of the brigade in woods North of the road, the left in the open field South, where it remained, under artillery fire, until the morning of the 19th."
From the marker: "This stone marks the right of the brigade, when a little after noon it was formed to charge the woods North of the Dunkard Church. The order was countermanded and the brigade moved a short distance to the left to support the Corps Artillery, soon after which Hexamer's Battery engaged and silenced the Confederate Artillery at Dunkard Church." |
September-October |
Duty at Sharpsburg |
October 16 |
Company K transferred to 1st New Jersey Battery |
October 29-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
November 29 |
Colonel Torbert promoted to brigadier general. Lieutenant Colonel Mark Collett of the 3rd New Jersey Infantry transferred in and promoted to colonel, Major Henry promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Enos Fouratt of Company F to major |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
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January-April |
Duty near Falmouth, Va. |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg
Colonel Collett was killed |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Commanded by Lt. Col. William Henry. It brought 292 men to the field and suffered no casualties.
From the brigade monument: "First Brigade New Jersey Volunteers. Brig. Gen. Alfred T.A. Torbert, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 15th Regiments Infantry 1st Brigade, 1st Div., 6th Corps. July 2, in reserve, July 3 and 4 detached from the corps, held this position." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
July 5 |
Fairfield, Pa., |
July 6 |
Williamsport |
July 10-13 |
At and near Funkstown |
July 11 |
Hagerstown |
July |
In camp near Warrenton, Va. |
July 29 |
Major Fouratt resigned. Captain Alexander Way of Company G promoted to major |
September 15 |
At Culpeper |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December |
Duty at Brandy Station |
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March 11 |
Lt. Colonel Henry promoted to colonel |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness
Lieutenants Charles Seagraves and Carley Swan were killed |
May 8-21 |
Spotsylvania |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle"
Captain Jacob Wyckoff and Lieutenant Benjamin L. Moffree were killed, Captain Richard Foster was mortally wounded and Captain Bailey Brown was wounded, losing his arm |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 17-19 |
Before Petersburg. Siege of Petersburg begins. Non-Veterans left front. Veterans and Recruits were attached to other Regiments of the Brigade. |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road
Non-Veterans mustered out at Trenton, N.J. |
July 9-11 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
July 11-12 |
Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and Northern Defenses of Washington |
July 14-23 |
Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap |
August 7-November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 14-15 |
Strasburg |
August 15 |
Cedar Creek |
August 17 |
Winchester |
August 21-22 |
Charlestown |
September 19 |
Battle of Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October-December |
Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
December |
Veterans and Recruits organized into 1st New Jersey Veteran Battalion. Moved to Washington, D.C. then to Petersburg |
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February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg
Lieutenant Lewis Thompson was mortally wounded |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-27 |
March to Danville |
May 18 |
Moved to Richmond |
May 18-June 3 |
To Washington, D.C. |
June 8 |
Corps Review |
| June 29 |
Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Va. under Colonel Henry |
