HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 5th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry saw extensive action during the War, participating in numerous major battles and campaigns. The regiment was mustered out of service in May 1865.
The 5th New Jersey Infantry Regiment lost 12 officers and 126 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 85 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
OFFICERS:
Colonel Samuel H. Starr.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Brigadier General Joseph Hooker's Third Brigade
New Jersey Second Brigade
SERVICE:
Siege of Yorktown (1862), Battle of Williamsburg, Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road, Battle of Seven Pines, Battle of Savage's Station, Battle of Glendale, Battle of Malvern Hill, Battle of Bristoe Station, Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Chantilly, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Manassas Gap, Battle of McLean's Ford, Battle of Mine Run, Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Spotsylvania, Battle of North Anna, Battle of Totopotomoy Creek, Battle of Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, First Battle of Deep Bottom, Battle of the Crater (mine explosion), Second Battle of Deep Bottom, Battle of Fort Sedgwick (Sept 10, 1864), Battle of Peebles' Farm, Battle of Boydton Plank Road
ROSTERS:
The composite rosters of this unit contains the names of 2787 men.
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