1st Regiment, New Jersey Militia
HISTORICAL NOTES:
Organized at Trenton, N.J., for three months service and mustered in.
July 31 Mustered out at Newark, N.J.
OFFICERS:
Colonel Adolphus J. Johnson Lieutenant Colonel James Peckwell Major William Michels
ASSIGNMENTS:
assigned to the Department of Washington. Camp at Meridian Hill
July 16 Attached to 1st Brigade, Runyon’s Reserve Division, McDowell’s Army of Northeast Virginia
SERVICE:
May 3 Left State for Annapolis, Md.
May 5 Reported to General Butler
May 6 Moved to Washington, D.C.
May 23-24 Invasion of Virginia
May 24 Occupation of Arlington Heights
May 24-July 16 Duty on line of Alexandria & Loudon Railroad
July 17-21 Advance on Manassas, Va.
July 21 Battle of Bull Run. The regiment was in reserve and suffered no casualties.
ROSTERS:
The composite rosters of this unit contains the names of 774 men.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Century Magazine, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources. Published from 1884 - 1887. 4 vols. First hand accounts by officers in the war. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources. U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War - Naval Subset
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