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USA > New Jersey > Gloucester County > History of the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland New Jersey, with biographical sketches of their prominent citizens, vol. 1 > Part 17
USA > New Jersey > Cumberland County > History of the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland New Jersey, with biographical sketches of their prominent citizens, vol. 1 > Part 17
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David Doughty, enl. Ang. 17, 1801 ; died Ang. 4, 1862, of wounds re- ceived in action at Gaines' Farm.
Jesse G. Eastlack, enl. Aug. 17, 1861; died March 27, 1863, of wounds received in action at Crampton's Pass.
William J. Gibbs, enl. Aug. 21, 1861.
George Garrison, ent. Aug. 21, 1861 ; disch. disability Sept. 22, 1862. Thomas Gibbs, eul. Feb. 9, 1864 ; disch. June 27, 1:65, of wounds re- ceived in action at Winchester, Va.
Lewis Peruey, eul Ang. 17, 1961 ; disch. disability Jnoe 13, 1865; re- ent Dec. 26, 1863; corp. March 6, 1865.
Charles W. Potter, enl. Aug. 24, 1/01 ; killed in action June 27, 1862, at Gaines' Farm.
William Schenck, enl. Ang. 17, 1861.
Jolin C. Schence, eul. Aug. 23, 1861 ; disch, disability Jan. 17, 1863.
Andrew R. Suyder, enl. Aug. 17, 1861 ; disch. di-ability Dec. 24, 1862. John W. Schaffer, enl. Jan. 4, 1864; must. out July 9, 1865.
Christopher Stierie, enl. Feb. 4, 1864 ; died May 12, 1864, of wounds re- ceived in action at Wilderness, Va.
Joseph Thomas, enl. Ang. 17, 1861 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out July 9,1865.
Ell Thompson, enl. Aug. 17, 1861; re-enI. Dec. 26, 15G3; must. ont July 9,1865.
Sheppard Thompson, ent. Ang. 17, 1861 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out June 22, 1865.
Thomas Thompson, enl. Ang. 17, 1861; re-enl. Feb. 22, 1865; minst. ont July 9, 1865.
Felix Thomas, enl. Ang. 17, 1861; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1463; missing in ac- tion at Wilderness, Va. ; supposed dead.
John W. Walters, enl. Aug. 17, IS61; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863.
Company I.
Thomas Brown.
Company K.
John G. Aruett, enl. Ang. 19, 1861 : re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863 ; corp. April 13, 1865; must, out July 9, 1865.
Robert Burke. John I. Early.
James Cassidy, ent. Aug. 19, 1861 : re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out July 9, 1865.
John J. Emily, wagoner, enl. Aug. 19, 1861 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out July 9, 1865.
Jolin Gleasun, enl. Aug. 19, 1861; re-eul. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out July 9, 1865.
John Ilewett, enl. Ang. 19, Isol ; discb. disability Feb. 25, 1863. Richard Hall, ent. Ang. 19, 1so1; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863.
Jacob B. Hankins, enl. Aug. 19, 1661; disch. disability Dec. 9, 1862. Charles Oir, enl. Ang. 24, 1561 ; must. out Ang. 24, 1864.
Andrew Seeds, enl. Aug. 19, 1961; disch. disability Jan. 26, 1863. John W. Urison, enl. Ang. 24, 1861.
SALEM COUNTY.
Company A.
Charles Heitman, enl. Ang. 9, 1861 ; disch, disability March 3, 1862. Jacob Hucke, enl. Ang. 9, 1861 ; most. out Sept. 6, 1864.
George Hetchner, enl. Ang. 9, 1861 ; missing in action at Wilderness May 6, 1864; supposeil dead.
Wendle Kuntz, enl. Aug. 9, 1861; disch. disability Sept. 26, 1862.
Christian Krouse, enl. Aug. 9, 1861; disch. March 21, 1863; paroled prisoner.
Compuny B. Alfred Poulsou, enl Jan. 21, 1864; trans. to V'o. I.
Company D.
John W. Richmond, eol. Feb. 22, 1865; trans. to Co, H. Company F.
William II. Briggs, enl. Aug. 15, 1861; must. ont Ang. 26, 1864. John F. Holeton, enl. Ang. 15, 1861 ; died July 1, 1862.
Company H.
Captain, J. W. Lumley; First Lieutenant, William Stillings; Second Lieutenant, Charles W. Johnson.
William Dolson, enl. Feb. 22, 1865; must. out July 9, 1865.
Company K.
John M. Mills, sergt., enl. Aug. 19, 1861; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. ont July 9, 1865.
Jolin Foster, sergt., enl. Ang. 19, 1861 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. ont July 9, 1865.
Daniel Nelson, enl. Ang. 19, 1861 : must. ont Jan. 24, 1865.
William W. Palmer, sergt., enl. Aug. 19, 18til; killed in action Sept. 14, 1862, at Crampton's Pass.
Charles D. Zane, sergt., enl. Aug. 19, 1861 ; died March 17, 1862.
Edward B. Smith, corp., enl. Ang. 19, 1861.
Sheppard B. Flanigan, corp., enl. Aug. 19, 1861 ; killed in action Jnne 27, 1862, at Gaine-' Farm.
James Chester, corp., enl. Aug. 19, 1861 ; disch. disability Dec. 8, 1862. Gideon S. Keen, corp., enl. Ang. 19, 1861 ; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps Jan. 15, 1864 ; re-enl. April 29, 1864
Thomas Marrion, corp., enl. Aug. 19, 1861 ; disch. disability June 6, 1862.
Thomas Perry, corp., enl. Ang. 19, 1861 ; disch. disability March 6, 1863. George D. Newman, corp., en !. Ang. 19, 1861; disch. disability Feb. 4, 1963.
William Armstrong, enl. Ang. 19. 1861 ; disch. disability Oct. 23, 1862.
William Arnett, enl. Ang. 19, 1851 ; trauis. to Vet. Res. Corps July 1, 1863 : disch. Aug. 19, 1864.
William S. Ackley, enl. Aug. 19, 1661 ; corp. May 1, 1863; sergt. Sept. 1, 1863; re-eol. Dec. 26, 1863: pro. 1st lient. Jan. 31, 1865: brevet capt. April 2, 1865.
George M. Braudeff, enl. Aug. 19, 1861 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863: must. ont July 9, 1861.
George W. Brown, enl. Sept. 4, 1961 ; disch. Sept. 3, 1564
Isaac S. Bright, enl. Ang. 19, 18GI ; died Jan. 4, 1862.
Jolin Campbell, ent. Ang. 19, 1x61; re-eul. Dec. 26, 1863; corp. May 1, 1865; miust. out July 9, 1865.
Enoch Cordery, enl. Ang. 19, 1801; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863 ; sergt. Feb. 18, 1865; must. out July 18, 1865.
James Chamberlain, enl. Ang. 19, 1861 ; re-en1. l'c. 26, 1863 ; must. out July 9, 1865.
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John Conway, enl. Aug. 19, 1861 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; died March 13, 1865.
Martin V. Curden, eul. Ang. 19, 1-61 ; re-enl. Dec. 20, 1-63 ; corp. Jan. 1, 1$64; minst, ont July 9, 1$65.
Robert C. Corliss, enl. Aug. 19, Isol : disch, disability March 21, 1863. George W. Chamberlain, pul. Jun. 2., 1864 : must. out July 9, 1865.
John Drumond, ent. Ang. 24, 1801 ; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps Sept. 1, 1863. Isaac I. Dubois, enl. Sept. 4, Isol ; killed in action May 12, 1864, at Sputtsylvania Court-House, Va.
Charles Dolbow, ent. Feb, 11, 1864; corp. April 16, 1865; Duust. out July 9, 1865.
Sammel E. Elwell, enl Sept. 4, 18G1 ; re-eul. Dec. 26, 1863; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps Jan. 15, 1865; disch. March #8, 1865.
Joseph S. Forney, enl. Ang 19, 1861 : di-ch. disalulity Oct. In. 1862.
Charles H. Freas, enl. Aug. 19, 1861 ; must. out March 23, 1865 ; paroled prisoner.
John Gallagher, enl. Aug. 19, 1861 : corp. March 1, 1863; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1803 ; sergt. Sept. 14, 1864 ; must. ont Joly 9, 1865.
David B. Hetley, eul. Ang. 19, 1st1 ; must. out Ang. 24, 1864.
Edward Hancock, end. Ang. 19, loot ; died Oct. 25, 1861.
John C. Hradly, eul. Feb. 24, 1864; killed iu activo May 12, 1864, at Spottsylvan a Court-House, Va.
Amos Jones, eul. Ang. 19, 1861.
George W. Kates, eul. Ang. 19, 1861 ; trans to Vet. Res. Corps May 6,
1863; returned to company March 11, 1864; must. ont Aug 26, 164. Peter C. Keen, enl. Aug. 24, 1861 ; disch, disability March 0, 1:83.
Richman Kiger, eul Ang. 24, 1861 ; must. ont March 18, 1865; paroled prisoner.
Wilhaoi Kirkpatrick, enl. Jan. 13, 1862; disch. disibility June 4, 1802. Eaoch G. Loper, enl. Ang. 19, 1801; re-enl. Dec. 20, 1863; missing in action May 6, 1864, at Wilderness, Va.
Daniel Masslander, enl. Ang. 19, Ist1 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; disch. disa- bility May IS, 1865.
Benjamin Miller, eul Aug. 19, 1861 ; disch. disability Sept. 6, 1803. Samuel Orr, enl. Sept. 4, 1861 ; killed in action May 12, 1864, at Spottsyl- vania Court- Hlvuse, Va.
Wilham H. Parmer, enl. Ang. 19, 1861; re-enl Dec. 26, 1863 ; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps Jan, 10, 1565; died April 24, Is65.
Edward Polson, enl. Ang. 19, 1861; re-eul. Dec. 16, 1863; died Nov. 1, 1804; prisoner of war.
Jobn P. Price, enl. Aug. 19, 1861 ; corp. Jan. 10, 1862; disch disability March 4, 1803.
Alonzo Peterson, enl. Sept. 4, 1861 ; killed in action May 6, 1864, at Wil- dernes«, Va.
Alfred Polson, enl. Jau. 21, 1864; trans. from Co. B; disch. disability Feb. 11, 1sb5.
James P. Spatiks, enl. Ang 19, 1861 ; died June 7, 1802.
William W. Stauly, eul. Ang. 19, 1>61; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out July 9. 1805.
Johu D. Sargent, enl. Aug. 19, 1861 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; corp. March 4, 1804 ; sergt. April 15, 1865; must. ont July 9, 1865.
John S. Sharp, enl. Aug. 19, 1861; disch. di-ability April 25, 1-02.
Isaac Shute, eul. Ang. 19, 1861; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; killed in action May 12, 1864, at Spottsylvania Court-Hon-e, Va.
Thomas Shute, eul. Aug. 19, 1851; disch, disability Feb. 28, 1863.
John Shute, enl. Ang. 19, 1>61 ; re-enl. Dec. 20. 1-63; missing in action May 12, 1864, at Spotsylvania Court-Hunce, Va.
Richard T. Simpkins, enl. Ang. 19, 1861 ; diach. di-ability Oct. 1, 1862. George R. Sunth, ent. Aug. 19, 1sol; re-eul. Dec. 26, 15G3; corp Jao. 11, 1864; omust. ont July 9, 1865.
Richard Thomas, enl. Jau. 18, 1864; missing in action at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1804.
John Vickers, enl. Aug. 13, 1801 ; re-enl. Dec. 26. 1803.
Henry R. Vansant, enl. Sept. 4, 1861 ; disch. disilality May 29, 1662. Jeremiah Wright, enl. Ang 19, 1861; d ech, disability Feb. 19, 1863.
Jaties A. Wright, enl. Ang. 19, 1861 ; corp. May 1, 1963; re-eul. Dec. 26, 1863; died Feb. 15, 1865, frisouer of war.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Charles J. Wilson, ent. Feb. 14, 1865; must. out July 9, 3865.
Company E.
Francis Loper, mu-ician, ent. Ang. 20, 1:01; trans, to Co. F.
Abram O. Blue, enl. Aug. 12, 3801; disch, disability Sept. 20, 1x22 ; re- enl. for one year ; Laust. out July 9, 1 -65.
Robert R. Ferver, enl. Ang. 15, 1861 ; re-eul. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out July 9, 1865.
David E. Fithian, enl. Aug. 16, 1>01 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out Juty 9, 1:65.
Albert Fisher, enl. Ang. 20, 1551; re-ent. Dec. 26, 1863 ; corp. April 1, 1865; must. ont July 9, 1805.
! Sammel looten, enl. Feb. 9, 1 44; must. ont July 9, 1865.
Henry Woodland, enl. Aug. 23, 1861 ; killed in action June 27, 1-62, at Gaines' Farm.
Company F.
William G. Eldridge, eul. Ang. 15, 1861 ; died Joly 4, 1862. David Harris, enl. Dec. 15, 1804; must, out July 9, 1865.
Company H.
Benjamin F. Mitchell, corp., enl. Aug. 17, 1861; died July 20, lesl, in the hands of the enemy.
William C. Doughty, enl. Oct. 18, 1801; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; corp. Jan. 23, 1865; minst. ont July 9, 1865.
Thomas Fleet, enl. Aug. 17, 1861 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863 ; must. ont Jaly 9,1865.
James Higgins, enl. Aug. 17, 1861 ; re-eul. Dec. 26, 1863 ; disch. July 9, 1865.
William O. Jobnson, eul. Aug. 17, 1861 ; trans. to Signal Corps ; disch. Aug. 17, 1864.
William Leak, enl. Ang. 17, 1861 ; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps March Io, 1864; disch. Aug. 18, 1864.
George W. Messick, eul. Ang. 17, 1861; disch. disability May 15, 1862. George W. Mos,brooks. enl. Ang. 17, 1861 : disch. disability Dec. 8, 1862. Zechariah Martz, enl. Aug. 17, 1861; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out July 9, 1863.
John McClure, enl. Aug. 23, 1861 ; disch. June 4, 1862, for wounds. John B. Pancoast, eul. Ang. 23, 1861; disch. di-ability Dec. 22, 1862.
Elwood Kobart, enl. Ang. 17, 1861 ; disch. disalulity Ang. 20, 1862. Archibald Scott, enl. Aug. 17, 1861; corp. March 1, 1863; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1864; sergt. March 20, 1s64 ; must. ont July 9, 1865.
James Smith, eul. Aug. 17, IsGt ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out Aug. 4, 1865.
David Surrao, enl. Aug. 24, 1861; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out July 0. 1865.
Isaiah Shaw, serg., enl. Aug. 17, IS61 ; pro. 2d lieut. Co. B, Dec. 23, 1861. Abraham MI. Tice, eul. Aug. 17, 1861 ; corp. March 1, 1863; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1803: sergt. March 20, 1564; must out July 9, 1865.
Lenoaid Tice, en1. Ang. 17, 1501 : killed in action Dec. 13, 1862, at Fred- ericksburg, V ..
Archibald Tice, eul. Aug. 17, 1861 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863 : must. out July 9, 1865.
Benjamin F. Upham, eal. Aug. 22. 1x61 ; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps March 31, 1864; disch. Sept. 23, 1:14.
John Vanhorn, eul. Aug. 17. letil ; re-pol. Dec. 20, 1853; corp. March 16, 1565 ; Emst. out July 9, 1865.
Joseph Vanhouk, enl. Aug. 17, 1stil ; died Oct. 30, 1852.
Benjamin Vernan, enl. Oct. 25, 1861; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; died June 29, 1864.
James B. Wells, enl. Aug 17, 1 G] ; corp. March 1, 1803; re-enl. Dec. 26. 1863; sergt. March 20, 1864: disch. disability Jan. 5, 1:05.
William Westcott, enl. Aug 17, labl ; killed io action Dec. 13, 1 :62, at Fredericksburg, Va.
Company K.
Robert Abbott, eul. Aug. 19, Iec1 ; re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must. out July 9, 1805.
Henry Coleman. enl. Aug. 19, 1561 ; must. out Aug. 24, 1864.
Anthony Cranpp, enl. Sept 4, 1801 ; killed in action June 27, 1862, at Gaines' Farm.
CHAPTER XIIL
Company D. CIVIL WAR .- (Continued.)
Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Regiments .- Com- pany F of the Fifth Regiment was almost wholly composed of men from Salem County, Companies I and K of the Sixth Regiment had in their ranks
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many from Glomeester and Cumberland Counties, } and Company 11 of the Seventh was largely made up of men from Gloucester. These regiments served in the same brigade, and as the histories of their cam- paigns are very nearly identical, they are here given in one narrative.
These regiments, as well as the Eighth, were raised under a requisition made by President Lincoln on the 24th of July, 1861, three days after the great disaster at Bull Run. The regimental officers of the . the night in a swamp on the Williamsburg road, ---
Colonel, Samuel II. Starr : Lieutenant-Colonel, Gershom Mott; Major, William S. Truex ; Adjutant, Caldwell K. Hall ; Quartermaster. . and struggled through darkness, mud, and drenching James F. Rusling ; Surgeon, James C. Fisher : Assistant Surgeon, Addison W. WoodlinIl.
Fifth were:
The Sixth was officered as follows :
Colonel, James T. Hatfield; Lieutenant-Colonel, Simpson R Stroud; Major, Jolin P. Van Leer : Adjutant, Leonard J. Gordon ; Quarter- master, Joseph Woodward : Surgeou, John Wiley : Assistant Sur- geon, Redford Sharpe.
The officers of the Seventh were :
Colonel, Joseph W. Revere : Lieutenant-Colonel, Ezra A. Carman; Major, J. Dallas McIntosh ; Adjutant, Francis Price, Jr. ; Quartermaster, Thomas P. Johnson ; Surgeon, D. W. C. Hough ; Assistant Surgeon, Alvin Satterthwaite; Chaplain, Julius A. Rose.
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The Fifth reported for duty in Washington on the 30th of August, the Sixth on the 11th of September, and the Seventh on the 20th of September, 1861. Along with the Eighth they constituted the Second Brigade of New Jersey troops, under the command, at first of Col. Starr, and the brigade made its first camp at Meridian Hill, near Washington.
About the 1st of December the brigade moved to Budd's Ferry, Md., some forty-five miles below Washington, and became the Third Brigade of Gen. Hooker's division. This division was at that time encamped along the Potomac, from Mattawoman Creek to Liverpool Point. On the south side of the river, opposite the position of Hooker's division, the rebels had erected formidable batteries at Shipping Point, Cockpit Point, and Evansport, for the purpose of closing the navigation of the river. The evacua- tion of Manassas by the rebels, however, rendered the holding of these batteries inexpedient, and about the 8th of March, 1862, they were abandoned. When this fact became known Gen. Hooker ordered a de- tachment of five hundred men of the Fifth, under Lieut .- Col. Mott, to cross the river and seize and oe- eupy the abandoned position. This was the first im- portant duty performed by the men of this brigade. The detachment found four pieces of artillery and a large quantity of stores which the enemy, in his hasty retreat, had abandoned, and the position was oecu- pied for a time.
The brigade remained quietly eneamped till the first week in the following April, when, with its di- this' stubborn resistance, would have been swept in
vision, it was transferred to York River, Va., placed under the command of Gen. J. E. Patterson, and in- corporated with the Army of the Potomac to partici-
pate in the Peninsular campaign. Its first position was in front of the strong works of the enemy at Yorktown.
On the morning of Sunday, May 4th, it was learned that the Confederate line, stretching southward from Yorktown to the mouth of Warwick River, had been abandoned, and the Union army started in pursuit of the retreating enemy. The Second New Jersey Bri- gade passed through Yorktown, and bivouacked for about seven miles beyond Yorktown. At two o'clock in the morning of the 5th it started from this bivouac, rain towards its first battle-field,-that of Williams- burg. At that place the enemy were in heavy force and strongly posted, their main work, Fort Magru- der, commanding the road, and a broad "slashing" on each side of it, with a line of about twenty strong redouhts, stretching from the fort, in both directions, across the Peninsula, from river to river. On the ar- rival of the force in front of this apparently impreg- nable position, at about half-past seven in the morn- ing, the undaunted Hooker at once moved to the attack. Two batteries were advanced on the right of the road, with the Fifth to support them. The Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth were formed in line on the left of the road, and ordered forward. Foster says of the action which ensued, "Steadily advancing through the underbrush, the gallant regiments soon eame upon the enemy's forces, and at once opened a vigor- ous fire. Here, for three hours, the conflict raged with desperate tury. Commanding the ground at every point, the fire of the enemy was pitilessly de- structive, and did not slacken a moment. But the brave men into whose faces it was poured stood firmly and unflinchingly. sometimes, indeed, pushed back a little space, but as surely hurling the rebels,. bleeding and shattered, back to their works. From the nature of the ground there was no opportunity for the bayonet, but the rapid volleys of our heroic troops were scarcely less effective. And thus the bat- tle raged, the enemy, reinforced again and again. directing against these three regiments all the fury of their attack. but still the little column stood immova- ble. At last, however, the enemy, driven now to de -- peration, rushed forward in overwhelming number>, pouring a terrific fire into our whole line. Then at last that line wavered. Their ammunition exhausted, their muskets rusted by the drenching rain, their ranks terribly thinned. exhausted by want of food and a difficult march, these heroes of the day before this last overwhelming onset fell slowly back. But they were not defeated. They had held the enemy in check, had frustrated every attempt to flank our position, and so had saved the division which, but for disaster from the field."
The Fifth had maintained its position in support of the batteries, under a tremendous fire of musketry
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and artillery, during six hours, and at last. when the tehel infantry charged and captured some of the pieces, the regiment inade a counter-charge, carried an advanced position, and held it through the remain- dler of the day. maintaining a continuous and most destructive fire on the enemy for fully four hours. Finally the gallant Kearney threw his division into the fire, assaulting the Confederate line with desperate impetuosity, and the battle became more furious than at any time before. An important portion of the enemy's works was carried, and night closed with the Union arms victorious along the entire line. The enemy retreated during the night, taking the road to Richmond. and leaving their dead and wounded on the field. In this sanguinary confliet the losses of Ilooker's division aggregated nearly sixteen hundred men, of which the New Jersey brigade sustained more than its proportionate share.
Three days after the battle the brigade moved with its division toward Richmond. On the evening of the 31st of May, at the battle of Fair Oaks, the Third Corps, including the Fifth and Sixth (the Seventh and Eighth were detailed on other duty), moved for- ward, reached the front line at dark, went into posi- tion, and so remained through the night.
"The road and the fields on both sides of the road were thronged with fying regiments from the battle-ground two or three tuiles in front, through whose routed and disorderly masses I was compelled to force my way with bayonet and sabre. At seven A.M., on the Ist instant, the Fifth and Sixth New Jersey marched forward (Gen. Patterson still being very ill), and were actively engaged from about a quarter past seven A.M. until a quarter to ten A.st., two and a halt hours, with the enemy, the Fifth regiment Ising four privates killed, three officers and fifty- one men wounded, and two privates missing; total, sixty . . . The lo-s of the Sixth Regiment has not yet been reported to me, but is consider- ably less. . . . Credit being but reluctantly accorded to this brigade for their services, its members look inwards and upwards for their reward. The Fifth and Sixth Regiments have been for four days and nights under armis in battle reconnoi-sauce, and in holding the most advanced jeition on this flank of the army. They are still under arms, and see
to the rear, which is the post of honor and of danger in a retreat, and was frequently under fire. It sus- tained slight losses at Glendale (June 30th), and at Malvern Hill (July 1st), but was not otherwise en- gaged. It reached Harrison's Landing on the 3d, and there went into eamp. A few weeks later it took part in the second battle of Malvern Hill, which was only an ineon-iderable affair. This was the last fight- ing done by this brigade in the Peninsula. Its losses in the Peninsular campaign amounted to six hundred and thirty-four in killed and wounded alone.
On the 21st of August, 1862, the brigade moved down the Peninsula, and at Yorktown embarked on transports for Alexandria, to reinforce the overmatehed army of Gen. Pope. From Alexandria it proceeded . on the 25th to Warrenton Junction, whence it marched rapidly to Bristoe Station, where it participated in a severe battle on the 27th. It was again in action at Bull Run on the 29th, and at Chantilly on the 30th. In all these battles the brigade fully sustained its pre- vious good reputation.
From this campaign the brigade returned to Alex- andria, where it remained ( taking no part in the An- tietam campaign) till the Ist of November. From that time till the 20th it was engaged in a series of unimportant movements, but at the last-named date
The battle was renewed on the following day (Sun- day, June 1st), and the Fifth and Sixth New Jersey . it set out for Falmouth, where it arrived on the night led the advance, with Gen. Hooker in person at their of the 28th. This was a severe march for the men. who were withont rations, and many of them nearly barefooted. During this march the brigade com- mander, Gen. Patterson, died suddenly in his tent, and the command devolved on Col. Joseph W. Revere, head. The enemy was soon found, and during nearly three hours raged the battle, in which the New Jer- sey regiments fully sustained the reputation they had gained at Williamsburg. By reason of the illness of Gen. Patterson, Col. Starr, of the Fifth, was in com- ' of the Seventh Regiment. mand. In his report of the battle he said,-
At the battle of Fredericksburg, on the 13th of De- cember, 1862, the New Jersey brigade was not actu- ally engaged, though it moved across the river, and remained in position during the conflict. It was for a time under a heavy fire, but sustained no loss. ex- cept that of one man killed in the Seventh Regiment. During the night following the battle it returned to the north side of the river, and made its winter quar- ters in its former camps.
At the battle of Chancellor ville in May, 1863, the brigade (to which had been added a New York and a Pennsylvania regiment) was under the command of Col. Mott, of the Fifth Regiment. It crossed the no prospect of an hour's rest for days to come. They have been exposed | river on the 1st of May, but was engaged in guarding night and day to deluges of rain, and have suffered every species of pri- Vation incident to an army in an enemy's country."
the fords till about 6 p.M. of the 2d, when it was or- dered to the front to aid in retrieving the disaster
The loss of the Sixth Regiment in the battle of , caused by the disgraceful panie and flight of the Fair Oaks was twenty-one killed and wounded. The : Eleventh Corps. By reason of the wild disorder on two regiments bivouacked in their position on the the field it did not reach the position assigned to it night of the ist, and on the 21 of June advanced and occupied the ground recovered from the enemy. Ou the 25th of June they took part in a battle fought a short distance in front of the old battle-ground of Fair Oaks, and here again they fought most bravely.
till about 2 A.M. on the 3d. At half-past four it was advanced a short distance towards the front, where it occupied a breastwork, which it stubbornly held during two hours against several fierce assaults of the enemy ; but it was at last compelled to withdraw. It was reformed in the rear of the Chancellor House,
In the retreat to the James River, which com- mneneed on the 28th of June, the brigade was ordered . and soon charged and captured the assaulted work,
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planting the Union colors on it. The position could ; the Second New Jersey Brigade bravely and nobly not, however. be held except at the probable sacrifice of nearly the entire command, and the brigade with- drew to take position in the new line that had been formed in the rear of the Chancellor House. In this battle the fighting was terrific, and the New Jersey regiments lost heavily. The brigade remained on the field till the 6th of May, when it recrossed the Rappa- hannoek and occupied its former camps.
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