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The Twenty-first and Twenty-second Regiments were quar- tered at this rendezvous .*
Rendezvous No. 2, at Beverly, Brigadier-General George M. Robeson, Commandant.
At this Rendezvous were quartered the Twenty-third, Twenty- fourth and Twenty-fifth Regiments. t
Rendezvous No. 3, at Newark, Brigadier-General Cornelius Van Vorst, Commandant.
** Twenty-first Regiment : Colonel, Gilliam Van Houten; Lieutenant- Colonel, Isaac S. Metler; Major, Hiram Van Buskirk; Adjutant, Andrew. Van Buskirk; Quartermaster, William Harper; Surgeon, Daniel McNeil; Assistant Surgeon, William S. Janney.
Twenty-second Regiment : Colonel, Cornelius Fornet; Lieutenant-Col. onel, Alexander Douglass; Major, Abram G. Demarest; Adjutant, John F. Satterthwaite; Quartermaster, Urial B. Titus; Surgeon, Jacob Quick; Assistant Surgeons, Samuel H. Jones, John E. Cary; Chaplain, Daniel D. Shaler.
t Twenty-third Regiment: Colonel, Henry O. Ryerson; Lieutenant- Colonel, E. Burd Grubb; Major, Francis W. Milnor; Adjutant, Jacob Perkins; Quartermaster, Abel H. Nichols; Surgeon, William Cook; Assistant Surgeons, David G. Hetzell, Robert W. Elmer; Chaplain, William T. Abbott.
Twenty-fourth Regiment : Colonel, William B. Robertson; Lieutenant- Colonel, Franklin L. Knight; Major, Joel A. Fithian; Adjutant, Thomas F. G. Cooper ; Quartermaster, Samuel R. Fithian ; Surgeon, William S. Newell; Assistant Surgeons, Alban Williams, Thomas G. Rowand; Chaplain, William C. Stockton.
Twenty-fifth Regiment: Colonel, Andrew Derrom; Lieutenant-Colonel, Enoch J. Ayres; Major, John K. Brown; Adjutant, Daniel B. Murphy; Quartermaster, James Inglis, Jr .; Surgeon, James Reiley ; Assistant Surgeons, Robert M. Bateman, S. Daily; Chaplain, Francis E. Butler.
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At this Rendezvous were quartered the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Regiments .*
Rendezvous No. 4, at Freehold, Brigadier-Geneneral Charles Haight, Commandant.
At this Rendezvous were quartered the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Regiments. t
Rendezvous No. 5, at Flemington, Brigadier-General Alex- ander E. Donaldson, Commandant.
At this Rendezvous were quartered the Thirtieth and Thirty- first Regiments. }
" As rapidly as possible after being received into camp, the men were organized into companies and regiments, clothed, uniformed, equipped, and placed under instruction in the duties of the soldier.
* Twenty-sixth Regiment : Colonel, Andrew J. Morrison ; Lieutenant- Colonel, Edward Martindale; Major, William W. Morris; Adjutant, John C. White; Quartermaster, John H. Bailey; Surgeon, Luther G. Thomas; Assistant Surgeon, Thomas S. Osborne; Chaplain, D. T. Morrill.
Twenty-seventh Regiment : Colonel, George W. Mindil; Lieutenant- Colonel, Edwin S. Babcock; Major, Augustus D. Blanchet; Adjutant, William H. Lambert; Quartermaster, James B. Titman; Surgeon, John B. Richmond; Assistant Surgeon, J. Henry Stiger ; Chaplain, John Faull.
t Twenty-eighth Regiment : Colonel, Moses N. Wisewell; Lieutenant- Colonel, Edward A. S. Roberts; Major, Samuel K. Wilson, Jr .; Adjutant, William A. Gulick; Quartermaster, William Berdine; Surgeon, William D. Newell; Assistant Surgeons, Benjamin N. Baker, Joseph F. Berg; Chaplain, Christian J. Page.
Twenty-ninth Regiment: Colonel, Edwin F. Applegate; Lieutenant- Colonel, William R. Taylor; Major, Joseph K. Davison; Adjutant, Edgar Whitaker; Quartermaster, Peter J. Hendrickson ; Surgeon, Henry G. Cook; Assistant Surgeons, Judson G. Shackelton, Ezra M. Hunt; Chaplain, Lester C. Rogers.
# Thirtieth Regiment : Colonel, Alexander E. Donaldson; Lieutenant- Colonel, John J. Cladek; Major, Walter Camman; Adjutant, John W. Mann; Quartermaster, John V. Voorhees; Surgeon, Joseph W. Woolverton; As- sistant Surgeons, Alexander Barclay, Jr .; George E. Summers; Chaplain, John S. Janeway.
Thirty-first Regiment : Colonel, Alexander P. Berthoud; Lieutenant- Colonel, William Holt; Major, Robert R. Honeyman; Adjutant, Martin- Wyckoff; Quartermaster, Israel Wells; Surgeon, Robert B. Browne; As- sistant Surgeons, Joseph S. Cook, Nathaniel Jennings; Chaplain, John McNair.
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" The several commandants discharged their varied and diffi- cult duties in a highly satisfactory manner. Such a large num- ber of men, from every grade of society, unaccustomed to the hardships of camp life and the restraints of military discipline, thus suddenly leaving their peaceful avocations, coming together in large masses and entering npon a mode of life novel to all, rendered necessary the most careful and judicious action on the part of the commandants to prevent the disorder which would seem inevitable, involving, perhaps, the loss of the whole com- mand. The complete success which attended their efforts proves alike their untiring care and the wisdom of their selec- tion." *
These regiments, after being mustered, clothed, and armed, left the State for the seat of war.t
The encampments of these regiments were named as follows : Camp Perrine, Trenton ; Camp Cadwalader, Beverly ; Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark; Camp Vredenburgh, Freehold, and Camp Kearney, Flemington.
The several regiments, upon their arrival at the seat of war,
* Adjutant-General Stockton's Report for 1862.
t Twenty-first Regiment, Colonel Van Houten, mustered September 15, 1862, and left the State September 24th. Officers, 38; enlisted men, 928; total, 966. The Twenty-second Regiment, Colonel Fornet, mustered Sep- tember 22d, left the State September 29th. Officers, 38; enlisted men, 899; total, 937. Twenty-third, Colonel Ryerson, mustered September 13th, left the State on the 26th. Officers, 39; enlisted men, 955; total, 994. Twenty- fourth, Colonel Robertson, mustered September 16th, left the State on the 29th. Officers, 39; enlisted men, 946; total, 985. Twenty-fifth, Colonel Derrom, mustered September 29th, left the State October 10th. Officers, 38; enlisted men, 946; total, 984. Twenty-sixth, Colonel Morrison, mustered September 1Sth, left the State the 26th. Officers, 38; enlisted men, 920; total, 958. Twenty-seventh, Colonel Mindil, mustered September 19th, left the State October 10th. Officers, 38; enlisted men, 973; total, 1014. Twenty-eighth, Colonel Wisewell, mustered September 15th, left the State October 2d. Officers, 39; enlisted men, 881; total, 920. Twenty-ninth, mustered September 20th, left the State on the 28th. Officers, 39; enlisted men, 910; total, 949. Thirtieth, Colonel Donaldson, mustered September 17th, left the State on the 30th. Officers, 39; enlisted men, 967 ; total, 1006. Thirty-first, Colonel Berthoud, mustered September 17th, left the State on the 26th. Officers, 39; enlisted men, 962; total, 1001.
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were attached to the Army of the Potomac, and were engaged in all the principal battles fought during the term of their en- listment ; four of them were engaged in the battle of December 13th, on the banks of the Rappahannock, in which terrific con- flict they bore themselves with a steadiness and valor worthy of experienced troops.
The Twenty-first Regiment reached Trenton about the 15th of June, was reviewed by Governor Parker, and a few days af- terward mustered out of the service.
It was handsomely entertained by a public dinner, which was presided over by the Mayor of Trenton. The Twenty-second Regiment arrived in Trenton on the 22d day of of June, and a few days after was finally disbanded, having served out their time of enlistment. .
In the month of June, as the Twenty-third Regiment were on their march to Beverly to be finally mustered out, their term of service having expired, they heard at Philadelphia the news of Lee's advance into. Pennsylvania, and the supposed danger of. Harrisburg, the Capital of the State. Then came the proc- lamation of Governor Parker a few days afterward, appealing. to the people and regiments not yet disbanded, or in process of formation, to hasten to the aid of a sister State. When this appeal was made, less than half of the regiment was in camp, but Colonel Grubb assembled together all who were present, and asked all who would follow him in response to the proclamation of Governor Parker to step two paces to the front, and not a man hesitated.
The only transportation they could get was a coal train, upon which they embarked, and in due time reached Harrisburg, when they were taken to the river, and set to work throwing up rifle pits to prevent the passage of the river, which at this time was very shallow. Here the men worked steadily, from the Colonel down, but before the labor was completed orders were received directing the return of the regiment to Beverly, where they were on the 27th of June mustered out. About the same time the Twenty-fourth was mustered out at Beverly.
The Twenty-fifth reached Beverly on the 8th of June, and on the 20th was mustered out.
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The Twenty-sixth reached Newark on the afternoon of the 19th of June, where they were greeted by a grand demonstra- tion of welcome, in which the military, firemen, municipal au- thorities, and the people participated, and a few days afterward were mustered out.
The morning of the 28th of June found the Twenty-seventh Regiment bivouacked at Elizabethport, from which place they marched to Elizabeth, and early in the afternoon reached New- ark, and although their arrival at this place was unexpected, they received a hearty spontaneous welcome, the people greet- ing them with peals of applause as they marched through the thronged streets to Camp Frelinghuysen, and on the 2d of July they were mustered out.
The Twenty-eighth Regiment arrived at Freehold on the 20th of June, and on the 6th of July was mustered out of service.
The Twenty-ninth Regiment reached Freehold on the 19th of June, and on the 28th was mustered out of service.
The term of service of the Thirtieth Regiment having expired, they proceeded to New Jersey, and in due time were mustered out of service.
Upon the expiration of the term of service of the Thirty-first Regiment, they were returned to New Jersey, and mustered out.
Up to this time there had been five requisitions made in the State for men, all of which had been promptly responded to, and twenty-eight regiments, comprising thirty thousand two hundred and fourteen men had been furnished, twenty-three thousand and forty-two of whom were still in the field, com- prised in twenty-four regiments.
The Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, and Twenty- eighth Regiments were engaged in the hottest part of the con- flict at Fredericksburg, and each lost heavily in killed and wounded.
The cost to the State of subsisting the eleven nine months' regiments, amounted to fifty-nine thousand six hundred and fifty dollars and thirteen cents, and the sums paid during the year 1862 for organizing, equipping, subsisting and transporting five regiments of infantry, mustered for three years; and ten regi- ments of ten companies each, and one of eleven companies,
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mustered for nine months service, was five hundred and thirty- seven thousand three hundred and thirty-six dollars.
During the summer months while the enrollment under the conscription act of 1863 was being completed, and until the Provost Marshal General should be prepared to commence the draft, it was announced that volunteers, in lieu of drafted men, would be permitted, and the quota for this State was fixed ar eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-three men.
Rendezvous were opened simultaneously at Trenton, Beverly, Newark, Freehold, Flemington, and Hudson City, and Post Quartermasters were appointed at each place. The Rendezvous at Trenton was under the command of Colonel William R. Murphy; Post Quartermaster, Captain Joseph Sterling. This Rendezvous was opened on the 3d of August, and closed Sep- tember 20th. That at Beverly, was under command of Colonel E. Burd Grubb; Captain Benjamin F. Carter, Post Quarter- master. This Rendezvous was opened on the 3d of August, and closed October 3d.
· The Rendezvous at Newark was under command of Colonel George W. Mindil ; Post Quartermaster, Captain A. B. Baldwin. It was opened on the 3d day of August, and closed September 9th.
The Rendezvous at Freehold was opened on the 3d of August, and closed September 12th. It was under the command of Colonel James S. Yard ; Post Quartermaster, Captain James A. Perrine.
The Rendezvous at Flemington was opened on the 3d of August, and closed on the 18th of October. It was under the command of Colonel John J. Cladek; Captain Israel Wells, Post Quartermaster.
The Rendezvous at Hudson City was opened on the 3d of August, and closed September 9th. It was under the command of Colonel J. B. Romar ; Post Quartermaster, Captain Garret D. Van Reipen.
The Second Cavalry (Thirty-second Regiment) and Battery D were rendezvoused at Trenton ;* the Thirty-fourth Regiment
* Thirty-second Regiment: Colonel, Joseph Karge; Lieutenant Colonel, Marcus L. W. Kitchen; Majors, Frederick W. Revere, P. Jones Yorke, Peter
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at Beverly ;* the Thirty-third, ; except Companies G and F, at Newark. The Thirty-sixth was Rendezvoused at Trenton ;} the Thirty-fifth at Flemington,§ and Batteries C and E, and Com- panies G and F of the Thirty-third Regiment at Hudson City. ||
The amount expended during the year 1863 for recruiting, subsisting, clothing, and transporting the troops of this State, mustered into the service of the United States, together with ten companies mustered for service in Pennsylvania, [ was five hun-
D. Vroom, Jr .; Adjutant, J. Lacy Pierson; Quartermaster, James M. Bald- win; Commissary, Wolfgang Mosse; Surgeon, Ferdinand V. Dayton ; Assist- ant Surgeons, John L. Kreuter, John R. Todd; Chaplain, Edwin N. Andrews.
Battery D : Captain, George T. Woodbury ; First Lieutenants, Charles R. Doane, James B. Morris; Second Lieutenants, Thompson B. Pollard, John H. George.
* Thirty-fourth Regiment : Colonel William H. Lawrence; Lieutenant- Colonel, Timothy C. Moore; Major Gustavus N. Abeel; Adjutant, James Graham ; Quartermaster, Able H. Nichols; Surgeon, J. B. Bowen; Assistant Surgeons, Charles H. Suydam, David G. Hetzell; Chaplain, Archibald Beatty.
t Thirty-third Regiment : Colonel, George W. Mindil; Lieutenant-Colonel, Enos Fouratt; Major, David A. Peloubet ; Adjutant, Stephen Pierson; Quar- termaster, James B. Titman; Surgeon, James Reiley; Assistant Surgeons, J. Henry Stiger, Charles W. Stickney; Chaplain, John Faull.
# Thirty-sixth Regiment (or Third Cavalry) : Colonel, Andrew J. Mor- rison; Lieutenant-Colonel, Charles C. Suydam ; Majors, William P. Robeson, Jr., S. V. C. Van Rensselaer, John V. Alstrom; Adjutant, William J. Starks; Quartermaster, John H. Bailey; Commissary, George Patten; Surgeon, Wil- liam W. Bowlby; Assistant Surgeon, Lawrence O. Morgan; Chaplain, John II. Frazee.
¿ Thirty-fifth Regiment : Colonel, John J. Cladek; Lieutenant-Colonel, William A. Henry; Major, John B. Sine; Adjutant, J. Augustus Fay, Jr .; Quartermaster, Lemuel R. Young; Surgeon, George E. Summers; Assistant Surgeon, John T. Lanning; Chaplain, Nathaniel L. Upham.
|| Battery C: Captain, Christian Woerner; First Lieutenants, John I. Barg- feld, Theodore Tiebel; Second Lieutenants, Julius G. Tuerk, Ernst C. Stahl.
Battery E : Captain, Zenas C. Warren; First Lieutenants, Joseph Warren, James Gillen; Second Lieutenants, William Maxwell, Edward Choppell.
" These were thirty-day men, under the following commands; Captain William R. Murphy, Company A, National Guard, Trenton ; Captain George F. Marshall, Company B, of Trenton; Captain James C. Manning, Company C, Union Light Infantry, of Trenton; Captain Hiram Hughes, Company D, of Lambertville; Captain George Gage, Company E, of Morristown; Captain
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dred and ninety-one thousand six hundred and forty dollars and seventy-five cents.
The Thirty-second Regiment having served their full term of enlistment, proceeded to Trenton, and were duly mustered out of service.
The Thirty-third was retained in service until August 2d, 1865, lying near Alexandria, when it was ordered to be mustered out, and proceeded to Newark, where it was mostly raised. The Thirty-fourth was mustered out on the roth of April, 1866, and reached Trenton on the 30th, where it was paid off and dis- banded.
The Thirty-fifth Regiment was continued in service until the 22d of July, 1865, lying near Alexandria, when they were mus- tered out, and proceeded to Trenton, where their campaigns terminated in a cordial welcome from the populace.
At the surrender of General Lee, and the dissolution of the rebel armies, the Thirty-sixth proceeded to Washington, and thence to Trenton, where it was mustered out.
On the 16th of May, 1864, Governor Parker issued a procla- mation in response to a call from the President to raise imme- diately all the militia force he could, for the period of one hun- dred days, from the date of muster into the United States service, and to be furnished within fifteen days. No bounty was to be given, neither were their services to be credited upon any draft.
The Thirty-seventh Regiment was organized under this call .* This regiment left Trenton on the 28th of June, 1864, seven hundred strong, and proceeded direct for Baltimore, from whence they were taken by steamer to City Point. They were mustered out on the Ist of October, 1864.
On the 18th of July, 1864, the President issued a proclama-' 1
William J. Roberts, Company F, of Newark; Captain J. Fred. Laumaster, Company G, of Mount Holly; Captain Timothy Colvin, Company HI, of New- ark; Captain Joseph A. Yard, Company I, of Trenton; Captain John R. Chapin, Rahway Light Artillery, Rahway.
* Thirty-seventh Regiment : Colonel, E. Burd Grubb; Lieutenant Colonel, John S. Barlow; Major, John Danforth; Adjutant, Peter Grubb; Quarter- master, J. Warren Kinsey; Surgeon, Henry C. Clark; Assistant Surgeons, Morton Robinson, Elwood P. Hancock.
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tion for five hundred thousand troops, for one, two, or three years' service, and on the 25th, the Governor issued his pro- clamation, giving the quota of this State fifteen thousand eight hundred and ninety-one men. The Thirty-eighth Regiment was raised in the summer and fall of 1864. On the 30th of September Colonel William J. Sewell accepted its command and completed the regiment in fifteen days .* The regiment was sent to Fort Powhattan, about fifteen miles below City Point, where it remained until the surrender of Lee, when it was ordered to City Point, whence it was mustered out, and reached Trenton on the 4th of July, 1865.
The Thirty-ninth Regiment was recruited under the call of July, 1864, for five hundred thousand men, and left Newark early in October of the same year, five companies leaving on the 4th and the others a few days after. f
It joined in the pursuit of General Lee's army at the time they were driven from their stronghold, but was not again actively engaged. After the surrender of the rebels, it pro- ceeded to Alexandria, where it remained in camp until June, when it was ordered to Newark and finally mustered out.
The Fortieth Regiment was organized under General Orders No. 243 (Series of 1864), of the War Department. It was raised under the immediate superintendence of Colonel Stephen R. Gilkyson, who afterwards became its commander, and the last company was mustered in on the Ioth of March, 1865 .;
" We have seen that the total number of Regiments furnished by New Jersey during the war was forty, including infantry and
* Thirty-eighth Regiment : Colonel, William J. Sewell; Lieutenant- Colonel, Ashbel W. Angel; Major, William H. Tautum; Adjutant, Edwin G. Smith; Quartermaster, Israel Wells; Surgeon, Richard Thomas, Jr .; Assistant Surgeons, Israel Hart, William S. Combs.
t Thirty-ninth Regiment : Colonel, Abram C. Wildrick; Lieutenant- Colonel, James H. Close; Major, William D. Cornish; Adjutant, George S. Smith; Quartermaster, Corra Drake; Surgeon, George R. Sullivan; Assistant Surgeon, George W. Douglass ; Chaplain, Edward D. Crane.
# Fortieth Regiment : Colonel, Stephen R. Gilkyson; Lieutenant-Colonel, J. Augustus Fay, Jr .; Major, Andrew J. Mandeville; Adjutant, George W. Breen; Quartermaster, J. Warner Kinsey; Surgeon, Charles E. Hall; As- sistant Surgeons, Harman Heed, Elias Wildman.
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cavalry, together with five batteries of artiller .. The number of men furnished by the State out of ninety-eight thousand eight hundred and six liable to do military duty, was eighty-eight thousand three hundred and five, being ten thousand and fifty- seven in excess of the number called for by the General Govern- ment, and within ten thousand five hundred and one of her entire militia at that time. Of this number seventy-nine thou- sand three hundred and forty-eight served with State organiza- tions, and the remainder in regiments of other States. The naval and marine enlistments from New Jersey numbered four thousand eight hundred and fifty three."*
The entire expense to the State for organizing, equipping, subsisting, supplying and transporting her troops, were as follows :
Accoutrements
$16,035 00
Advance pay
60,278 00
Arms and ammunition
9,701 52
Army transportation
74,032 09
Arresting deserters .
402 85
Barracks and quarters
131,593 99
Books and stationery .
5,438 32
Camp and garrison equipage
161,163 64
Carting and freight .
19,740 96
Clerk hire
135,825 42
Clothing
889,448 96
Commandants in charge of Camps of Rendezvous
17,718 54
Commissioners to conduct the draft .
3,974 37
Enrolling the militia preparatory to draft 7,363 62
Equipments .
18,074 03
Examining Surgeons
4,364 95
Expenses of volunteer Surgeons and nurses .655 84
Forage
40,099 61
Horses
310,420 00
Hospital expenses .
17,728 50
Miscellaneous expenses
35,548 72
Ordnance and ordnance stores
499,905 37
Organizing the militia preparatory to draft
7,018 62
Pay of troops before leaving the State
39,577 38
Premiums .
16,376 00
Printing .
42,790 87
Postage and telegraphing
8,805 75
Recruiting
51,618 84
Subsistence .
174,290 SI
Transportation
88,442 42
Total .
$2,894,384 99
* Foster's Rebellion," page 727.
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Bounty .
5,950 00
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Several companies that had been rejected at home, in con- sequence of our quotas being filled and the Governor having no authority to accept any more troops, joined a brigade of General Sickles's that was forming in New York, called the Excelsior Brigade, which was placed to the credit of the State of New York, although the men composing it were recruited from all parts of the country. In its first regiment alone (Seventieth New York), three entire companies were recruited in this State, while two others were in great part from this State, and in three other companies there were a number of men from this State; and, in fact, throughout the entire brigade, the men, with the exception of the Fourth Regiment (which was recruited exclu- sively from the City of New York), were recruited from the States of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Massachusetts. At the headquarters of the brigade, in December, 1861, it was com- puted that more than twelve hundred of our citizens were serving in it.
Two companies of the Harris Light Cavalry, of New York (A and B), were raised in Sussex County by General Judson Kilpatrick.
Company A, of the Twentieth New York Volunteers, was also composed of citizens of this State, who served with eminent dis- tinction.
The nucleus of Bramball's Battery, of the same State, was also formed by a company of men from Rahway. This company originally went out as Company K, of the Ninth Regiment, New York State Militia, and at Poolesville, Maryland, they were organized as a six-gun battery, receiving recruits from New Jersey and New York.
In Serrill's Engineers, there were two companies from New Jersey, both of which achieved distinction by their gallant and faithful services, though they never received the credit to which they were entitled, as this was invariably accorded to New York.
The Forty-eighth New York Regiment had two companies from New Jersey. These were Companies D and H. This regi- ment was raised by Rev. James Perry, D. D., pastor of the Pacific Methodist Episcopal Church of Brooklyn, who was a graduate of West Point, and had served in the Mexican War. Company
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D, recruited mainly in Trenton, was commanded by Captain D. C. Knowles, Professor in Pennington Seminary, with James O. Paxson, as First, and John Bodine as Second Lieutenants. Company D was known as "The Die-no-Mores," from the burden of its favorite hymn. Captain Knowles and Lieutenant Paxson, both being men of eminent piety, and many of their command being professors of religion, had infused the same spirit in the entire company, and they were constantly singing devotional songs, the principal one being that above mentioned. During the storming of Fort Wagner they formed a part of the storming party, singing their favorite song during the engage- ment. It was here that their gallant leader, Captain Paxson, was killed.
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