United States Regiments & Batteries > New Jersey
The 1st New Jersey Militia lost 1 man to disease
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1861
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| April 30 | Organized at Trenton, N.J., for three months service and mustered in under Colonel Adolphus J. Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel James Peckwell and Major William Michels |
| May 3 | Left State for Annapolis, Md. |
| May 5 | Reported to General Butler |
| May 6 | Moved to Washington, D.C. and assigned to the Department of Washington. Camp at Meridian Hill |
| May 23-24 | Invasion of Virginia |
| May 24 | Occupation of Arlington Heights |
| May 24-July 16 | Duty on line of Alexandria & Loudon Railroad |
| July 16 | Attached to 1st Brigade, Runyon’s Reserve Division, McDowell’s Army of Northeast Virginia |
| July 17-21 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
| July 21 |
Battle of Bull RunThe regiment was in reserve and suffered no casualties. |
| July 31 | Mustered out at Newark, N.J. |