United States Regiments & Batteries > New Jersey > 40th New Jersey Infantry Regiment


The 40th New Jersey Infantry Regiment lost 23 men wounded, two of them mortally, and 17 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1864
October 24 Company A mustered in under the command of Captain John Edelstein. It left the State for siege operations outside Petersburg, Va., attached to 4th New Jersey Infantry Regiment.
December 24 Company B mustered in under the command of Captain Samuel W. Downs and Company C under Captain George Eggers.
1865
January 12 Companies B and C left the State for Petersburg and were attached to the 4th New Jersey Infantry Regiment.
January 21 Company D mustered in under the command of Captain Maurice C. Stafford and left the State for Petersburg, Virginia attached to 4th New Jersey Infantry.
January 27 – 31 Company E mustered in under the command of Captain Joseph A. Schnetzer and left the State for Petersburg, Virginia attached to 4th New Jersey Infantry.
February 2-6 Company F mustered in under the command of Captain Charles E. Grant and left the State for Petersburg, Virginia.
February 5-7

Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run

The regiment was in reserve and suffered no casualties.

February 9-10 Company G mustered in under the command of Captain Ellwood Lippincott and left the State for Petersburg, Virginia.
February 16 – 17 Company H mustered in under the command of Captain Andrew J. Mandeville and left the State for Petersburg, Virginia. Major J. Augustus Fay, Jr. was appointed to command the incomplete battalion.
March 2 – 4 Company I mustered in under the command of Captain Ezra Stewart and left the State for Petersburg, Virginia.
March 7 Companies A – F assumed Regimental organization and were attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps under the command of Coonel Stephen R. Gilkyson, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel J. Hopkins, and Major J. Augustus Fay, Jr.
March 10 – 12 Company K mustered in under the command of Captain John W. Goodenough and left State for Petersburg, Virginia to join the regiment.
March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

April 2

Fall of Petersburg

The 40th New Jersey Infantry Regiment lost 23 men wounded, 2 of them mortally, in its only battle. Private Frank E. Fesq of Company A was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism when he captured the battle flag of the 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment in the assault which broke the Confederate line.

April 3-9 Pursuit of Lee
April 9

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.

April 23-27 March to Danville and duty there
May 18-June 3 March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D.C.
June 8 Corps Review
July 13 The 40th New Jersey Infantry Regiment mustered out