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2nd New
Jersey Militia
| Regimental History |
| Second Regiment — Militia. — Col., Henry M. Baker; Lieut.-Col.,
Abraham Speer; Maj., John J. Van Buskirk. This regiment was mustered into the service of
the United States at Trenton, May 1, 1861, to serve for three months, and left the state
for Washington, D. C, on May 3, with 36 commissioned officers and 709 non-commissioned
officers and privates, a total of 745. Upon the arrival of the troops at Annapolis the
fact was at once reported to Gen. Butler, who ordered their advance to Washington, and on
May 5, six companies of the 2nd, with all of the 1st and nine companies of the 3d, started
forward in two trains of cars. The other four companies of the 2nd, left at Annapolis,
were detailed, by order of Gen. Scott, to the duty of guarding the telegraph and railroad
track between Washington and Annapolis Junction. Later the regiment was united and went
into camp on Meridian hill, where, on the evening of May 23, the 2nd, 3d and 4th regiments
were paraded in heavy marching order, supplied with one day's rations, and about midnight
took up the line of march in silence for the bridge that spanned the Potomac, which was
reached at 2 o'clock on the morning of the 24th. The bridge being crossed, the 2nd was
posted at Roach's spring, and the 3d and 4th about half a mile beyond on the Alexandria
road. On June 18 the regiment was ordered, in company with a portion of the 4th, to
proceed to Alexandria, where it remained until its term of service expired, when it
returned to New Jersey and was mustered out at Trenton on July 31, 1861. The total
strength of the regiment was 774 and it lost during its term of service, by resignation 3,
by promotion 4, by discharge 4, by transfer 7, by desertion 3, and unaccounted for 1,
mustered out, 752. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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