2nd Regiment, New Jersey Militia
HISTORICAL NOTES:
April 26 Organized for three months service at Trenton, N.J. & Enrolled May 1. Mustered in.
July 31 Mustered out.
OFFICERS:
Colonel Henry M. Baker Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Speer Major John J. Vanbuskirk
ASSIGNMENTS:
Attached to Runyon’s New Jersey Brigade, Defenses of Washington at Meridian Hill
Attached to 1st Brigade, Runyon’s Reserve Division, Army of Northeast Virginia
SERVICE:
May 3 Left State for Washington, D.C.
May 5 Reported to General Butler at Annapolis, Md.
May 6 Moved to Washington, D.C.
May 24 Occupation of Arlington Heights, Va.
May 25 Construction of Fort Runyon
June Duty on line of Alexandria & Loudon Railroad
July 16 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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