24th New Jersey Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Cadwallader, Beverly, N.J., and mustered in September 16, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., September 30, 1862. Attached to District of Washington October, 1862. Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, Defenses of Washington, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.

SERVICE.--At Camp Ingham on East Capital Hill until October 14. At Camp Nixon near Chain Bridge until October 18. Picketing Leesburg Road and fatigue duty at Forts Ethan Allen and Marcy until October 25. At Camp Cumberland until December 1. March to Falmouth, Va., December 1-9. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Camp Knight until January, 1863. At Camp Robertson until April 27.

• April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
  • May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• Mustered out at Beverly, N.J., June 29, 1863.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 46 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 53 Enlisted men by disease. Total 102.

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 905, 916, 1363)