The Civil War in the East

2nd New Jersey Militia Regiment (three months service)

1861

April 26

Organized at Trenton, N.J. & Enrolled

May 1

Mustered in under Colonel Henry M. Baker, Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Speer, and Major John J. Vanbuskirk

May 3

Left State for Washington, D.C.

May 5

Reported to General Butler at Annapolis, Md.

May 6

Moved to Washington, D.C.;
Attached to Runyon's New Jersey Brigade, Defenses of Washington at Meridian Hill

May 24

Occupation of Arlington Heights, Va.

May 25

Construction of Fort Runyon

June

Duty on line of Alexandria & Loudon Railroad

July

Attached to 1st Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, Army of Northeast Virginia

July 16

Advance on Manassas, Va.

July 21

Battle of Bull Run (Reserve)

July 31

Mustered out