28th New Jersey Infantry Regiment

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The 28th New Jersey Infantry Regiment lost 51 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 31 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
The regiment organized at Freehold
September 15 Mustered in for nine months Federal service under the command of Colonel Moses Nelson Wisewell, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Roberts and Major Samue K. Wilson.
October 2 Left State for Washington, D.C. attached to Attached to Provisional Brigade, Casey’s Division, Defenses of Washington
October 3 to December 1 Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
December Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
December 1-9 March to Falmouth, Virginia.
December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Roberts.
Late December Lieutenant Colonel Edward Roberts submitted his resignation. It was not accepted,
1863
January-April At Falmouth, Va.
January 12 Lieutenant Colonel Edward Roberts was cashiered for “resigning in the face of the enemy”. He would go on to patent the “Roberts Petroleum Torpedo” and the process now known as “Fracking,” using his Civil War observations of explosions on the battlefield. In 1866 he founded the Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company and became very wealthy.

Captain John A. Wildrick of the 2nd New Jersey infantry was transferred into the regiment and promoted to lieutenant colonel as his replacement.
April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign
May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville
July 6 The 28th New Jersey Infantry Regiment mustered out