(I) 2nd New Jersey Infantry

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Regimental History and Service Record

  • Organized at Trenton, N.J.
  • Enrolled April 26 and mustered in May 1, 1861.
  • Left State for Washington, D.C., May 3.
  • Reported to General Butler at Annapolis, Md., May 5; thence moved to Washington, arriving there May 6.
  • Attached to Runyon's New Jersey Brigade, Defenses of Washington, to June, 1861.
  • 1st Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to July, 1861.
  • Camp at Meridian Hill May 24. 24.
  • May 24, 1861 - Union Occupation of Arlington Heights, Virginia - Colonel Ellsworth becomes the first Union officer killed in the Rebellion
  • Construction of Fort Runyon.
  • Duty on line of Alexandria & Loudon Railroad until July 16.
  • July 16-21, 1861 - The Manassas Campaign
  • Mustered out at Trenton, N.J., July 21, 1861, expiration of term.

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