United States Regiments & Batteries > New Jersey
The 10th New Jersey Infantry lost 2 officers and 91 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 187 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| October 9 | Organized at Beverly, N.J. under authority of the War Department as the “Olden Legion” under Colonel William Bryan. |
| December 26 | Left State for Washington, D.C. for Provost duty at Washington, D.C. |
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1862 |
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| January 19 | Colonel Bryan discharged and William R. Murphy appointed colonel. |
| January 29 | Transferred from War Department to State of New Jersey, reorganized and redesignated 10th New Jersey Infantry Regiment. Attached to Wadsworth’s Command, Military District of Washington, D.C. |
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1863
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| February | Assigned to District of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps |
| March 13 | Colonel Murphy resigned |
| March 26 | Henry O. Ryerson was appointed colonel |
| April 12 | Ordered to Suffolk, Va. attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| April 16-May 4 | Siege of Suffolk, Va. |
| April 24 | Edenton Road |
| May 4 | Siege of Suffolk raised |
| July | Ordered to Washington, D.C., then to Philadelphia, Pa. attached to Dept. of the Susquehanna |
| September | On provost duty at Pottsville, Pa. |
| October | Guard fords of the Potomac at and near Shepherdstown |
| November | At Mauch Chunk. Pa., Sub-District of Carbon, Dept. of the Susquehanna |
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1864
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| April | Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 3-June 15 | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the WildernessColonel Ryerson was mortally wounded, dying on May 12 |
| May 8-21 | Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 12 | Assault on the Salient, “Bloody Angle” |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 17-July 9 | Before Petersburg |
| June 22-23 | Jerusalem Plank Road |
| July 9-11 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| July 11-12 | Repulse of Early’s attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defenses of Washington |
| July 14-23 | Pursuit of Early to Snicker’s Gap, Va. |
| July 17-18 | Action at Snicker’s Ferry |
| August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| August 14-16 | Strasburg |
| August 17 | Winchester |
| August 21 | Point Pleasant |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester |
| September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October-December | Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
| December | Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Petersburg, Va. and the Siege of Petersburg |
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1865
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| February 5-7 |
Battle of Dabney’s Mills, or Hatcher’s Run |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 31 | Enos Fourat was promoted to colonel, but declined the promotion. |
| April 2 | Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 23-27 | March to Danville |
| March 18-June 3 | March to Richmond, Va., then to Washington, D.C. |
| June 8 | Corps Review |
| June 22 | Mustered out at Hall’s Hill, Va. |