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. BakerLieutenant Colonel Abraham SpeerMajor 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.
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