7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
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[edit] Organizing
Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, New Jersey, and mustered in September 3, 1861. 7 Companies left State for Washington, D.C., September 19, 1861, and 3 Companies October 3, 1861.
Attached to:
- Casey's Provisional Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861
- 3rd Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862
- 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1864
- 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, to May 1864
- 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July 1865
[edit] SERVICE
[edit] 1861
- At Meridian Hill till December 6, 1861.
- Expedition to Lower Maryland November 3-11.
- Duty at Budd's Ferry, Md., till April 1862.
[edit] 1862
- Moved to the Virginia Peninsula April 5-8
- Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 10-May 4
- Battle of Williamsburg May 5
- Battle of Fair Oaks (or Seven Pines) May 31-June 1
- Duty near Seven Pines till June 25
- Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1
- Action at Oak Grove (near Seven Pines) June 25
- Battle of Savage Station June 29
- Battle of Glendale June 30
- Battle of Malvern Hill July 1
- At Harrison's Landing till August 15
- Movement to Centreville, Va., August 15-26
- Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2
- Action at Bristoe Station (or Kettle Run) August 27
- Battle of Groveton August 29
- Battle of Bull Run August 30
- Battle of Chantilly September 1
- Duty in the Defences of Washington till November 1
- Movement to Falmouth, Va.. November 1-28
- Duty near Falmouth November 28-December 11
- Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15
- Duty near Falmouth till April 27, 1863.
[edit] 1863
- "Mud March" January 20-24
- Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7
- Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6
- Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-6
- Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 24
- Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3
- Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24
- Wapping Heights July 23
- Duty near Warrenton till October
- Bristoe Campaign October 9-22
- McLean's Ford October 15
- Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8
- Kelly's Ford November 7
- Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2
- Payne's Farm November 27
- Duty near Brandy Station till May 1864
[edit] 1864
- Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7
- Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15
- Battle of the Wilderness May 5-7
- Battle of Spottsylvania May 8-12
- Battle of Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21
- Assault on the Salient ("Bloody Angle") May 12
- Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road, May 19
- North Anna River May 23-26
- Ox Ford May 23-24
- On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28
- Totopotomoy May 28-31
- Cold Harbor June 1-12
- Before Petersburg June 16-18
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865
- Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864
- Demonstration north of the James July 27-29
- Deep Bottom July 27-28
- Demonstration north of the James August 13-20
- Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18
- Ream's Station August 25
- Fort Sedgwick September 10
- Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2
- Yellow House October 2-5
- Boydton Plank Road. Hatcher's Run, October 27-28
- Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12
[edit] 1865
- Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7
- Watkins' House March 25
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9
- Boydton and White Oak Road March 30-31
- Crow's House March 31
- Fall of Petersburg April 2
- Pursuit of Lee April 3-9
- Sailor's Creek April 6
- High Bridge, Farmville, April 7
- Appomattox Court House April 9
- Surrender of Lee and his army
- March to Washington, D.C., May 2-12
- Grand Review May 23
- Duty at Washington, D.C., till July
[edit] Disbanding
Mustered out July 17, 1865. Non-Veterans mustered out at Trenton October 7, 1864. <dy_1360>Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 126 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 121 Enlisted men by disease. Total 260.
