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Robert Ubbrell, Sept. 17, '64; disch. June 4, '65. Adam Urhan, disch, June 4, '65.
John Urban, disch. May 25, '65.
James R. Vannote, Oct. 8, '64.
Benjamin R. Vincent, trans. to V. R. C.
Englehart Weimer, Sept. 1, '64.
John Weimer, July 30, '64.
Clement C. White, disch. June 4, '65.
John White, Sept. 1, '64.
John Williams, Oct. 8, '64.
Franz Wirobisch, June 13, '64.
John Wohlicher, Oct. 6, '64; disch. June 20, '65. Joseph Work, trans. to V. R. C.
James B. Wood, died Dec. 20, '64.
Joel Wood, killed May 3, '63.
John Winter, June 16, '64.
Wm. Youngblood, July 27, '64; disch. July 18, '65.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HENRY F. CHEW is the grandson of Jesse and Mary Chew, of Gloucester County, N. J., and the son of Joseph R. and Maria Chew, of Salem County, in the same State. He was born in the town- ship of Mannington, Salem County, on the 8th of December, 1837, and educated at the Friends schools in the town of Salem, after
which he learned the trade of a wheelwright under his father's direction. Thus engaged at the outbreak of the war, in 1861, he enter- ed the service with the three months' soldiers as lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers. At the expiration of his time of service he became captain of Com- pany I, Ninth Regiment New Jersey Volun- teers, and resigned March 9, 1862, on account of sickness.
Re-entering the service, he was made captain of Company I, Twelfth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, and received, in July, 1864, promotion to the rank of major of the regiment. In March, 1865, he was made lieutenant-colonel, and commanded the regi- ment from August 25, 1864, until it was mustered out of service, on the 4th of June, 1865. Colonel Chew participated in many en- gagements, of which the following are the more important : Roanoke Island, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Falling Waters, Auburn Mills, Bristow Station, Blackburn's Ford, Robinson's Tavern, Mine Run, Morton's Ford, Wilder- ness (in which he was wounded), Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Mine Explosion, north bank of James River, Ream's Station, Fort Sedg- wick, Hatcher's Run (first and second), Boyd- ton Plank-Road, Hatcher's Run (second and third), Dabney's Mill, Capture of Petersburg, Sailor's Creek, High Bridge, Farmville and Lee's Surrender. On retiring from the service Colonel Chew began the study ot dentistry, and in the fall of 1867 engaged in its practice, which he still continues. He was , in 1868, married to Miss Marietta, daughter of James P. and Sarah Fogg, ot Salem, N. J. Their children are two daughters, Helen A. and Mary R.
GETTYSBURG MONUMENT .- The monu- ment erected on the battle-field of Gettysburg by the society of the Twelfth Regiment was dedicated on May 26, 1886, on which occa- sion, among other exercises, Comrade Joseplı Burroughs, president of the society, gave au interesting sketch of its workings and a de-
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scription of the monument itself, from which the following account is condensed :
" In the summer of 1882 a few of our comrades visited this historic town and battle-field, and learned that the Gettysburg Memorial Association had come into possession of much of the ground occupied by the lines of the Union army in the principal engagements on the 2d and 3d of July, 1863, and observed that some five or six tablets or monuments had been placed by regiments to indi- cate the positions held by them, as well as to honor their dead who there fell.
"At the next annual meeting of the Reunion Society of the Twelfth Regiment New Jersey Vol- unteers, held at Woodbury February 22, 1883, a committee, consisting of Comrades Joseph Bur- roughs, Frank M. Acton and James S. Kiger, was appointed to consider the expediency and cost of erecting a tablet or monument on the line formerly occupied by the regiment at the battle of Gettys- burg. At this meeting the date of the annual meeting of the Reunion Society was changed from February 22d to September 4th-the latter being the date of our muster into the United States ser- vice-and a much more favorable season of the year for the purpose.
" At the annual meeting held at Woodstown September 4, 1883, the committee reported in favor of the project and asked for instructions as to the amount that the Society would raise and expend in the work, stated that the prices ranged from $10 to $1000.
"Nothing was done at this meeting, however, beyond the constituting of each member of the Society a committee of one to solicit subscriptions for the monument.
" At the annual meeting held at Salem Septem- ber 4, 1884, much enthusiasm was manifested by the comrades present, and a sufficient amount had been subscribed to insure the success of the enter- prise.
"The next step in the matter was the issuing of a circular by the committee, giving the object and soliciting of the remaining comrades who had not contributed. This was responded to very satisfac- torily, and on the 8th of March, 1885, the commit- tee met and ascertained that with the amount of cash in hand and pledged, a monument costing eight hundred dollars could be erected. A design was next adopted and proposals for the work in- vited, and on the 19th of May, 1885, a contract was entered into with Mr. Michael Reilly, of Cam- den, N. J., for the construction and erection upon
this spot of the monument for the dedication of which you have been invited here at this time.
"The work was finally completed in the autumn of 1885, but at too late a date for the dedication to take place that year, and the committee decided upon May 26, 1886.
"The material of which the monument is con- structed is Richmond granite. Although not, per- haps, the most widely known, it has been thor- oughly tested by the United States government and found to be of fine grain, dense, impervious to the elements, and capable of sustaining the great- est weight. It is being used in the construction of the building to be occupied by the State, War and Navy Departments at Washington.
INIMEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THE
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WHOFELL UPIN THIS FIELD,
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THIỆNCNUNENT IC DEDICATFO BY THEIT CLEVY NG COMRADES
AS AN EXAMPLE
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THE GETTYSBURG MONUMENT.
"The base is four feet eight inches square and two feet high, with sides rustic-dressed. The sub-base is three feet eight inches squareand eighteen inches high, fine hammered, and lettered, '2d Brig. 2d Div. 2d Corps.'
"The die is two feet eight inches square, by four feet ten inches in height, polished on the two faces fronting Round Top Avenue, and lettered as fol- lows :
" On first face-
"'In memory of the men of the Twelfth Regi- ment New Jersey Infantry Volunteers, who fell upon this field July 2d and 3d, 1863, and who else- where died under the flag, this monument is dedi-
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cated by their surviving comrades as an example to future generations.'
"On the second face-
" 'Buck and Ball, Calibre 69.'
"'This regiment made two separate charges on the Bliss barn and captured it.'
"The letters are all sunken, to prevent abrasion and the vandalism of relic-hunters.
"The capstone is three feet two inches square by two feet high, npon each face of which has been placed the badge of the Second Corps, the trefoil raised and polished.
" It is surmounted by a pedestal, upon which is a representation of the missile so effectively used by the regiment in repelling the charge of the enemy -buck and ball.
"The aggregate height of the monument is twelve feet six inches. The foundation was care- fully laid, and the stone has been set in the most substantial, careful and durable manner."
After the conclusion of Comrade Bur- roughs' historical sketch, addresses were made by Captain F. M. Riley, president of the association, and Colonel W. E. Potter, the latter being the orator of the day.
NINE MONTHS TROOPS .- New Jersey sent eleven regiments into the field as her response to the call of President Lincoln on August 4, 1862, for three hundred thousand militia to serve for nine inouths, unless sooner discharged. They were numbered from the Twenty-first to the Thirty-first, both inclusive. In the Twenty-fourth Reg- iment, commanded by Colonel Frank L. Knight, of Camden, were three companies- D, E and I-which were raised in Caruden County by voluntary enlistment. The mus- ter-in took place at Beverly, September 16th, and arriving at Washington, October 1st, the regiment was placed in the provisional brigade of Casey's division. Ou December 9th it reached the Rappahannock opposite Fredericksburg, and was transferred to Kim- ball's brigade, of French's division, Second Army Corps. In the assault of the 13th, raw troops as they were, they advanced nearer the Confederate defences than any other command except the Irish regiments, and lost one hundred and sixty killed and
wounded in their heroic attack. They held their ground tenaciously until relieved, but even then were compelled to seek refuge in and about the burning buildings, where, pros- trate on the earth, they were exposed to the shot and shell. Company D lost three killed and twelve wounded ; Company E, two killed and four wounded; Company I, two killed and sixteen wounded. Captain Ward was shot through the Inngs, and Captain Shinn in the right eye. Lieutenant John O. Crowell was wounded in the arm, but con- tinned fighting until another bullet brought death to him.
The regiment resumed camp, from which it did not depart for four months. On Thursday, April 2, 1863, copies of the " Peace Resolutions" passed by the New Jersey Legislature were received in camp, and the men held a mass-meeting at which they were indignantly denounced. On May 3d it was under fire at Chaucellorsville, suffering a loss of about forty in killed, wounded and missing, and was mustered out at Beverly, June 29, 1863.
The rank and file of the Camden com- panies of this regiment are here given :
COMPANY D, TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.
[This company was mustered in September 16, 1862, and mustered out June 29, 1863, unless otherwise stated. ]
Captain.
Aaron Ward, dis. May 31, '63.
First Lieutenant.
David W. Bartine, Second Lieutenants. Geo. D. Britton, resigned April 13, '63. Samuel H. Deal.
First Sergeant.
Franklin T. Horman. Sergeants.
Cooper Wiltsey. John Thornton.
Joseph D. Bates. George H. Lawson.
John H. Smith.
Corporals.
Benjamin Dilkes. Samuel E. Clark.
William Carney. Alphonso T. Chew.
Nathan R. Hammond. Samuel H. Morton.1
Thomas N. Zimmerman. Cornelius H. Straug.2
1 Discharged January 7, 1863.
2 Died December 22, 1862.
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John Sinclair. George C. Rohrberg.
Richard S. Lutz, mus. Mathias M. Chew, mus.
Privates.
James C. Abbott. William Abbott.
Abraham Jones. Jonas T. Jackson.10
Jesse King.
Leonard Knorr.
Charles W. Leeary.
Samuel Leddon.
Samuel Lonstreth.
John Lee. William Mason. Henry Matchinskey.
William H. Carr.
John McCarty.
William H. Chew.
Alexander Murray.
Charles H. Clifford.
Daniel Murphy.11
Frederick Denelsbeck. George McClernan.12 Charles F. Dilks.1 John Prasch. Charles H. Davis.2 John W. Peterson. Henry B. Dickinson.8 Dana L. Dunbar.4 George Reckelcomb. John Reckelcomb. Charles Errickson.5 Shepherd Rossell.
Sergeants.
George W. Bailey. Henry C. England.
Nathan Paul. Isaac Cowgill.
Corporals.
W. Thackara Cozens. John B. Simmons.18
Isaac L. Fowler. John Sinclair.19
Robert W. Hughes. John F. Gaskill.20
Clark R. Tomlin. Luke Reeves.
Charles W. Clement. Charles Farr.21
Benjamin F. Stetser. George F. Hannold.22
John L. Huff.
Privates.
Harrison T. Adams. Arthur P. Ellis.27
William E. Atkinson.
John Gallagher.
Charles H. Bacon.
Charles G. Garrison.
John H. Boody. William Gold.
John L. Baily.28
Chester Green.
Enos W. Bates.24
Daniel S. Groff.
Joseph T. Bates. 25
Edward P. Hall.
George W. Cattell.
John W. Hannold.
Edward H. Cooper. Amariah Hollis.
Hanson S. Cooper.
Charles Hood.
Charles Cowgill.
James H. Hughes. William C. Huff.28
Coleman Curran. Thomas P. Casperson. 26 John H. Ireland.
George Y. Davis. John L. Jordan. 29
Richard D. Davis. Richard Jones. 30
William H. Dilks.
Andrew Eisile.
Barclay D. Kelly. John Keller.
17 Pro. 2d lieut. Co. D April 14, '63.
18 Disch Feb. 6, '63. 24 Disch. March 3, '68.
19 Disch. April 11, '63. 25 Died March 9, '63.
20 Disch. Mar. 19, '63. 26 Disch, March 18, '68.
21 Died Dec. 24, 62. 27 Dicd Dec. 13, '62.
22 Died Dec. 26, '62. 28 Died Dec. 13, '62.
23 Diech. May 21, '63. 29 Disch Jan. 7, '68.
30 Killed in action Dec. 13, '62.
1 Discharged December 15, 1862.
2 Died March 16, 1868. 3 Died November 28, 1862.
4 Died December 13, 1862.
5 Discharged April 12, 1863.
6 Discharged March 24, 1863. 7 Discharged February 25, 1863. 8 Discharged June 5, 1863. 9 Died December 13, 1862. 10 Killed in action December 13, 1862.
11 Discharged October 31, 1862.
12 Killed in action December 13, 1862.
18 Discharged May 21, 1863.
14 Discharged April 8, 1863. 15 Died June 9, 1863. 16 Died December 13, 1862.
Isaac Turner.
James Turner. Robert W. Turner.15 John R. Walters.
Uriah Wilson.
John F. Wolf.
Hiram Hufsey.
William J. Wolf.
Martin V. Haines.8
Theodore F. Worth.16
Jonathan R. Henry.9 Andrew Welsh.
Jonas Jackson and George Mcclellan, of this company, were killed in battle December 13, 1862, and Theodore F. Worth is reported as having died on the same day.
COMPANY E, TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.
[This company was mustered in September 16, 1862, and mustered out June 29, 1863, unless otherwise stated. ] Captain. Augustus Sailer. First Lieutenant. Edward C. Cattell. Second Lieutenant. Charles W. Wilkins. First Sergeants.
Samuel A. Deal.17 William N. Hewitt.
William H. Fowler. Antonio Fiebiger.6 Aaron C. Fowler.7 Jacob Giffins. William Giffins. Adolph Goetz. James Guice.
Ferdinand Saxe. Abraham L. Sharf. Sylvester Sharf. John Simkins. John Simpkins.
George Salzgaher.13 James Stevenson.14
Charles P. Gunning.
Benjamin Turner.
William Haines.
Thomas R. Hammond. Samuel Hay wood. Adolph Heller.
Benjamin Hoffman. John M. Holston.
Theodore Allen.
John C. Atkinson.
Hiram D. Beckett. Andrew W. Berry. John Bischof. Jonathan Brown. S. Kennard Bachelder. Abraham Camp.
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Samuel L. P. Murphy. William D. Sheets.8
Isaiah Magee.1
William C. Sparks.
Robert C. Parvin, Edward L. Crowell.
John Mapes.2
Joseph T. String.
Chas. H. McAnney.
Joseph H. McAnney.14
Joseph W. Miller.3
Edward Tallman.
Ransome Shoemaker.
James McClernand.15
George J. Broadwater. Daniel Williams, mus.
Nathaniel O. Gandy.
Daniel Osborne, mus.
Lawrence R. Nuss.
George Owens.
Samuel Paul. John E. Touser.
William Pettitt.
William T. Turpin.
Isaac Collins Baker.
Joseph D. Hendrickson.
Miles Bates. Henry H. Hughes.
J. Alexander Packer.6
Martin H. Tanner.9
Samuel A. Bates.
Wm. Sagers. Isaac P. Johnson.
James C. Jones.
Conrad Krautz.
Samuel Lindsay.
William S. Richardson. Edward Russell.
John Wood.
John W. Randless."
John L. Wood.
Jeremiah J. Snethen.
George W. Warner.10
David H. Sparks. Joseph C. D. Williams. 11 Charles W. Stevens. William Yerricks.
The names of those of this company who were killed are Richard Jones, Alexander J. Packer, Joseph C. D. Williams and Luke Reeves, who lost their lives in the engage- ment at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. After the expiration of the term of service most of the survivors re-enlisted and joined regiments in the three years service. COMPANY I, TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.
[This company was mustered in September 16, 1862, and mustered out June 29, 1863, unless otherwise stated.] Captain. .William C. Shinn. First Lieutenants. John O. Crowell,12 James L. Woodward.13 Second Lieutenant Henry S. Spaulding.18 First Sergeant. Charles F. Fackler. Sergeants.
Chas H. Shinn, Jr.
Joseph D. Wilson.
Wm. W. Eisele. Thomas Law.
Emanuel M. Kirk.
1 Disch. Jan. 19, '63. 7 Disch. Mar. 17, '63.
2 Disch. Mar. 26, '63. 8 Disch. Feb. 5, '63.
3 Disch. Feb. 23, '68. 9 Disch. Mar. 3, '63.
4 Disch. Jan. 14, '63. 10 Disch. Dec. 14, '62.
5 Died Dec. 13, '62. 11 Killed Dec. 13, '62.
6 Killed Dec. 13, '62. 12 Killed Dec. 13, '62. 13 Mustered in Jan. 15, '63.
Privates.
John W. Adams.
John George Grammel.
Levi H. Atkinson.
Wm. E. Hagerman, Jr.
Fithian Parker.5
William B. Tussey.
William Rambo.
James H. Vanneman.
Henry Ramsey.
Charles S. Warner.
John L. Beckett.
Henderson S. Biggs.
James Biggs.
Henry Brill.
Richard B. Lippincott.
Levi B. Marshall. John Marshall.
Charles Miller.
Paulen Nelson.
Oliver Ogden. 24 Joshua P. Parker.
Lewman H. Parkhurst.
Joseph C. Comer.
George Conly.
Eli Craig.
Wm. B. Parks. 26
Elijah Porch.27
Wm. H. Chamberlain.20 David Rile.
Nathan Comer.
Ephraim C. Richmond.28
Robert Dean.
George C. Saul.
John W. Downs.
Lamar M. Daniels.21
Charles Scott.
Nicholas S. Derringer.22
Abram C. Dilks.
John Fetters.
John Alexander Fish.
Christian L. Sharp.29
Wm. Fowler.
Thomas E. Sharp.30
Jacob T. Fish. 23
Philip G. Simpkins. 81
Wm. L. Galbraith.
Elvy Simpkins.32
John Garrett.
Levi B. Tice.
Thomas Gibbs.
Henry Goldenberg.
24 Disch. Feb. 4, '63.
14 Disch. March 23, '63. 16 Died May 3, '63. 25 Disch. Dec. 31, '62. 18 Pro. q. m .- sergt. Sept. 20,'62. 28 Disch. March 16, '63. 17 Disch. Feb. 25, '63. 27 Disch. Jan. 4, '63.
18 Died Dec. 13, '62.
28 Disch. May 4, '63. . 19 Killed in action Dec. 13, '62. 29 Disch. Feb. 25, '63. 20 Died April 19, '63.
21 Died April 18, '63. 22 Died Dec. 16, '62.
91 Disch. March 1, '63. 32 Died March 18, '63.
23 Disch. Jan. 29, '63.
Corporals.
Benjamin F. Murray.4
Frederick P. Neil.
Rufus C. Thomson. William L. Thomson. Joseph W. Tomlin. John W. Tonkin.
William Randless. John Reed.
Charles Weiley.
Aaron Wilkins. William M. Woollard.
John H. Brockington.
John R. Burroughs.16
Joseph H. Button.17 Howard Beebe.18
William Chew, Jr. Ambrose P. Clark. Adrian Clunn.
John M. Plum. George Parks. 25
George Clark.
Lawrence E. Cake.19
John Ridgeway.
John W. Saul.
Peter S. Shivers. Israel Stiles. George J. Stewart.
Samuel S. Tomlinson. Charles Trapper.
30 Disch. Feb. 16, '63.
Harvey Beach.
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Charles E. Tule. Samuel P. Wescoat.
Isaac T. Vanneman. Eli Wilson.
John F. Walker.
Joseph R. Wescoat.1
Jacob Weiss.
Of this company, First Lieutenant John O. Crowell and Private Lawrence E. Cake were killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, De- cember 13, 1862.
COMPANY H, TWENTY-EIGHTH REGI- MENT .- The only other organization of nine months troops from Camden County was Company H, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment, which was mustered in September 22, 1862, and left Freehold October 2d for Washing- ton. It was brigaded with the Twenty-fourth Regiment, and had about the same experience as that command at the battle of Fredericks- burg. Its killed were fourteen ; wounded, one hundred and forty-seven ; and missing, twenty-nine. After its participation in the battle of Chancellorsville it was marched back to camp at Falmouth, and on July 6 1863, was mustered out.
COMPANY H, TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.
[This company was mustered in September 22, 1862, and mustered out July 6, 1863, unless otherwise stated. ]
Captain. Manly S. Peacock.2 First Lieutenant. Benjamin C. Rulon. Second Lieutenant. John T. Smith. First Sergeant. Charles H. Rogers. Sergeants.
John Cleavenger.
William C. Fees.
John W. Moore.
Thomas E. Clarke.3
Richard Richards.
David H. Westcoat.+
Corporals.
Cornelius C. Pease.
Henry Day.
Josiah E. Giberson.
Joseph S. Pike.
Robert Smith.
George W. Bittle.
James H. Townsend.
James Sinclair.5
William H. Agins.
1 Disch. March 21, '63.
2 Resigned March 25, 1863.
3 Discharged January 10, 1863.
4 Died March 11, 1863.
5 Died January 10, 1863.
Musicians.
Richard E. Elwell. William B. Dilks.
Wagoner. Edward M. Kellum.
Christian Apple.
John Bates.
Franklin E. Lloyd.
Henry C. Beebe.
William Leslie.17
William Bennett. Thomas Macann.
George Brill.
William Marshall.
Joseph Buzby.
Henry McCully.
Richard Buzby.
Samuel L. Miller.
Isaac Bosure.6
John L. Morey.18
David Bates.7
David Newman.
Joseph Cane.
David H. Nichols.
William P. Carr.
James Parker.
David L. Carter.
Samuel H. Parker.
James L. Casto.
John E. Pike.
Thomas E. Combes.
Joseph J. Pike.
Alexander Cooke.
Charles Clements.8 Edward Dixon.
Thomas L. Dixon.
William Dolan.
William Robinson.19
John W. Darnell.9
Benjamin S. Ross. 20
William W. Dill.10 Louis Engard.
Richard Seely.
George Shaw. John Sinclair, Jr.
Charles Seymour.21
Charles J. Fees. 12
Benjamin Simpkins.22
Charles Fowler. 13
David Ford.14
Samuel Simpkins.23 John W. Surran.24 George Thompson.
Benjamin Hinchman.
Charles Van Lear.
Benjamin W. Hughes.
William Webb. Thomas West.
Joseph F. Hughes.
Benjamin H. Hughes. 15
David D. Winner.
William G. Iredell.18
Charles Johnson.
David Ford is the only soldier reported as being killed from this company. He lost his life in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.
6 Dis. March 24, 1863.
7 Died Dec. 13, 1862.
8 Dis. April 1, 1863. 9 Dis. April 4, 1863. 10 Dis. April 16, 1863. 11 Died Dec. 18, 1862. 12 Dis. May 10, 1863. 13 Dis. April 14, 1863. 14 Killed Dec. 13, 1862.
15 Died Jan. 19, 1863.
16 Died March 9, 1863.
17 Discharged April 1, 1863. 18 Died December 6, 1862. 19 Discharged Feb. 10, 1863. 20 Discharged Jan. 26, 1863, 21 Discharged Feb. 11, 1864.
22 Discharged April 1, 1863. 23 Discharged April 9, 1863. Discharged April 1, 1863. 25 Dis. March 24, 1863.
26 Discharged May 23, 1868.
Henry Parker. James Ripley. John D. Rodgers. William B. Ross.
Andrew Elberson.11 George Fish.
Jacob D. Hawk.
Cooper J. Watson. 25 Joseph Williams.26
Privates. Joshua J. Livzey.
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EMERGENCY COMPANIES. - When Lee invaded Pennsylvania in June, 1863, Gov- ernor Curtin, of that State, appealed to the other loyal States for assistance, and on June 17th the Governor of New Jersey called for volunteers for thirty days to aid in repelling the enemy. James M. Scovel at once recruited an independent company in Camden, which was mustered in on June 19th. It left for Harrisburg the same day and was assigned to duty under General Couch. At the end of the thirty days service the company was returned to Trenton for discharge. Its roster was as subjoined : Captain. James M. Scovel. First Lieutenant. Timothy C. Moore. Second Lieutenant. George Holl. First Sergeant. James Lane. Sergeants. Ernest Troth.
Jas. V. Gibson.
George E. Webb.
Francis C. Vanhorn.
Corporals.
Joseph M. Cooper.
P. J. Murray.
Lawrence Breyer.
Wm. Wible.
Privates.
Joseph Bates.
John Kline.
Anthony Bernard.
Wm. Mahoney.
Henry Breyer.
James McCormick.
Wm. Bnndick.
Peter Quin.
Mich. Leibinlitz.
Enoch Shootz.
John Smith.
James Snowe.
David Sparks.
Isaac H. Stowe.
Geo. Tenner.
John Fenner.
Benj. Todd.
Benj. Tyre. Geo. Ward.
Henry Figley. Edw. Gifford. Henry Gilbert. John Guyant.
James Wilson. William Wilson.
David Wood.
Frederick Wood.
Henry Belisle. John Campbell.
John Coats. John McGuin.
Josiah Davis. Josiah Mead.
David W. Hutton.
Henry Ivins.
David D. Middleton. John Stetzer.
MARYLAND EMERGENCY MEN .- In the early part of July, 1864, Washington and Baltimore were endangered by an invasion of the enemy. A battle had been fought within a few miles of Baltimore, and com- munication with Washington interrupted. In view of this emergency, Governor Parker, of New Jersey, issued a proclamation dated Trenton, July 12, 1864, calling for the or- ganization of the militia for thirty days ser- vice in Pennsylvania, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Under the call the company from Camden reported for duty, was accepted, and mustered in at Camden, N. J., July 14, 1864, for thirty days. It left the State, July 15th, for Baltimore, and on arrival reported to Major-General Lew Wallace, commanding the Middle Depart- ment. It was stationed at the Relay House, near Baltimore, and was attached to the First Separate Brigade, Eighth Army Corps. Upon expiration of term of service it re- turned to New Jersey and was mustered out at Camden, August 15, 1864. It was known as Company A, First New Jersey Militia, and this was its membership :
COMPANY A. Captain. Richard H. Lee.
First Lieutenant. William C. Shinn.
Second Lieutenant. Charles F. Kain.
First Sergeant. Charles T. Stratton.
Sergeants.
Samuel H. Elder.
Robert T. Wood.
Samuel W. Caldwell. Samuel Hufty.
Coporals. Warren H. Somers.
Edward S. Stratton.
Frank Hewett. John Hill. Wm. C. Kaighn. H. Kelly.
Eugene Troth. John Guyant. Charles F. Fackler.
Edward C. Shinn.
William Avis.
Henry H. Wilson.
Joseph Burton. Simpson Campbell. John Decker. Wm. Dorman. Geo. Dosinger. John Dovey. Thos. Dovey.
Sylvester Birdsell. Benj. Wright. John Capewell. Henry Smith.
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THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
Musicians.
Charles Page.
Edwin Wallace.
Privates.
Savillion W. L. Archer. John Hollis.
Townsend Atkinson.
Wm. L. Hozey.
Martin V. Bergen.
John Hughes.
Thomas Bleyler.
Thomas S. Hunter.
Isaac A. Braddock.
Alfred Husback.
Benj. M. Braker.
Wm. N. Jackson.
Samuel Brown.
Wm. Jenkins.
William Brenning.
Richard M. Johnson.
Edward Burrough.
Isaac Jorden.
John R. Burrough.
Ephraim Kemble.
Joseph Cameron.
Aaron W. Knight.
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