NJDARM: Archives Collection Guides: Department of Defense, Adjutant General's Office (Civil War), Operations Reports and battle Accounts, 1862-1894

Record Group:	Department of Defense
Subgroup:	Adjutant General's Office (Civil War)
Series:	Operations Reports and battle Accounts, 1862-1894
Accession #:	1968.002
Series #:	SDEA4003
Guide Date:	1/1992 (JK)
Volume:	0.25 c.f [1 box]

Institutional History | Contents

Content Note
This series contains both official reports of operations, as well as unofficial accounts of battles, including the following:
	1)	A list of battles of New Jersey regiments (folder 1).
	2)	Contemporary copies of reports from field officers describing movements, dispositions, and engagements of New Jersey troops. Most of the reports are from brigade and regiment commanders, and are directed to the assistant adjutant generals of the U.S. Army.
	3)	Typescript copies of reports from the Battle of Gettysburg (folder 11) for regiments from various states.
	4)	Accounts of battles and army life published in the New Jersey Gazette, Camden, NJ, 1894.
The records are arranged chronologically by date of conflict or activity, with the exception of the New Jersey Gazette articles, which are filed at the end of the series as folders 24a-e. NOTE: These records were originally in Civil War binder #214.

Contents

1.	List of battles of New Jersey regiments

1862

2.	Williamsburg, VA, 5 May 1862:
	a.	Gen. Joseph Hooker, commanding division, 3rd Army Corps, Williamsburg, VA, 10 May 1862
	b.	Gen. F. E. Patterson, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Camp before Williamsburg, VA, 7 & 14 May 1863 [2 items]

3.	Fair Oaks, VA, 31 May - 1 June 1862:
	a.	Gen. Joseph Hooker, commanding division, Camp near Fair Oaks, VA, 8 June 1862
	b.	Col. S. H. Starr, 3rd Brigade, Hooker's Division, Camp near Seven Pines, 6 miles from Richmond, VA, 4 June 1862

4.	Harsimus Landing, VA, 4 July 1862:
	--	Col. G. Mott, 6th Regiment, movements on the peninsula, 28 June - 3 July 1862

5.	Manasses, VA, 27 August 1862:
	--	Col. H. W. Brown, 1st Brigade, Camp Seminary, VA, 5 September 1862 [2 copies]

6.	Crampton's Pass, MD, 14 September 1862:
	a.	Col. H. W. Brown, 3rd Regiment, Camp in Crampton's Pass, MD, 15 September 1862 [2 copies]
	b.	Col. Alfred T. A. Torbert, 1st Brigade, Camp in Crampton's Pass near Berkheadsville, 16 September & 26 November 1862 [2 items]

7.	Fredericksburg, VA, 13-15 December 1862 -- see also folder 24b:
	--	Col. Alfred T. A. Torbert, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16 December 1862

1863

8.	Chancellorville, VA, 3 May 1863 -- see also folder 24a:
	a.	Capt. J. S. Poland and Gen. Joseph B. Carr, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, 13 May 1863
	b.	Col. H. W. Brown, 1st Brigade, no date
	c.	Col. N. J. Sewell, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Camp near Falmouth, VA, 8 May 1863 [3 items]

9.	Suffolk, VA, 3 May 1863:
	--	Col. Andrew Derron, 25th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, Suffolk, VA, 4 May 1863

10.	Fredericksburg and Salem Heights, VA, 3-4 May 1863:
	a.	Gen. W. T. H. Brooks, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Near White Oak Church, VA, May 1863 [2 copies]
	b.	Col. William H. Penrose, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, 12 May 1863; Lt.-Col. William Henry Jr., 1st Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, 12 May 1863; Lt.-Col. Charles Wiebecke, 2nd Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, Camp near White Oak Church, VA, 10 May 1863; Major James H. Stickney, 3rd Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, 9 May 1863; Col. William H. Penrose, 1st Brigade, Camp near White Oak Church, VA, 11 May 1863; Col. E. Burd Grubb, 23rd Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, 10 May 1863
	c.	Col. H. W. Brown, 1st Brigade, Philadelphia, PA, May 1863

11.	Gettysburg, PA, 2-3 July 1863 [all typescript copies, 12 May 1886] -- see also folder 24d:
	a.	Lt.-Col. James M. Bull, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Camp near Frederick, MD, 8 July 1863, and Camp near Sandy Hook, MD, 17 July 1863; Col. C. D. McDougall, 111th Regiment, New York Volunteers, Camp near Elk Run, VA, 26 August 1863; Capt. A. P. Seeley, 111th Regiment, New York Volunteers, 1863; Lt. Harry L. Haskell, 125th Regiment, New York Volunteers, 1863
	b.	Major Theo. G. Ellis, 14th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Camp near Gettysburg, PA, 6 July 1863 [typescript copy]
	c.	Lt.-Col. Franklin Sawyer, commanding brigade, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, On the Field near Gettysburg, PA, 5 July 1863 [typescript copy]
	d.	Major George F. Hopper, commanding battalion, 10th Regiment, New York Volunteers, Near Sandy Hook, MD, 16 July 1863 [typescript copy]
	e.	Col. Thomas A. Smyth, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 17 July 1863 [typescript copy]
	f.	Major John T. Dent, 1st Regiment, Delaware Volunteers, 1863 [typescript copy]

12.	McLean's Ford, VA, 15 October 1863:
	--	Brig. Gen. G. Mott, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, 4 November 1863

13.	Mine Run, VA, 29 November - 1 December 1863:
	--	Brig. Gen. G. Mott, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, 4 December 1863

1864

14.	Wilderness, VA, 4-7 May 1864:
	a.	Gen. G. Mott, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Record of Events During the Months of May and June 1864, no date
	b.	Col. Robert McAllister, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 11 August 1864

15.	Deep Bottom, VA, 28 July 1864:
	a.	Brevet Major Gen. G. Mott, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 8 October 1864

16.	Spottsylvania Court House, VA, 10-13 May 1864:
	--	Col. Robert McAllister, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 27 August 1864

17.	North bank of the James River, VA, 12-19 August 1864:
	--	Brig. Gen. G. Mott, 3rd Division, 2nd Division, 2rd Army Corps, 1 September 1864

18.	Fort Sedgwick, VA, 10 September 1864:
	--	Brig. Gen. G. Mott, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 12 Septmeber 1864

19.	Poplar Springs Church, VA, 2 October 1864:
	--	Brevet Major Gen. G. Mott, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 8 October 1864

20.	Boydton Plank Road, VA, 27 October 1864:
	--	Brevet Major Gen. G. Mott, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 3 November 1864

--	Hatcher's Run, VA, 27 October 1864 -- see folder 24c

21.	Weldon Rail Road, VA, 6-12 December 1864:
	--	Brevet Major Gen. G. Mott, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 1864

1865

22.	Hatcher's Run, VA, 5-8 February 1865:
	--	Brevet Major Gen. G. Mott, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 13 February 1865

23.	Capture of Petersburg, VA, 2 April 1865:
	--	1st Lt. James H. Demarest, 8th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, Bordentown, NJ, 16 April 1865

24.	New Jersey Gazette series, Camden, NJ, 1894:
	a.	[No. 1?], "At Chancellorsville: An Unsatisfactory Battle, in Which 17,000 Were Lost -- Where Gen. Sewell Won Distinction," by Gen. James F. Rusling, Trenton, NJ, 2 March 1894
	b.	No. 3, "Fredericksburg to Libby Prison: Life in a Southern Army Prison -- Burnt Rye Coffee, Black Beans and Corn Bread Rations -- The Exchange," by Rev. George B. Wright, published 16 June 1894
	c.	No. 4, "A Sketch of Union Army Life: Execution of the First Confederate Spy -- Captured by an Unarmed Man -- A Short-Winded Prisoner," by J. W. Morris, 1st Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, published 23 June 1894
	d.	No. 6, "Incidents of Gory Gettysburg: Charge on the Bliss Barn and Capture of Ninety Sharpshooters -- A Terrific Artillery Duel," by George R. Danenhower
	e.	No. 12, "On Skirmish Duty at Hatcher's Run: Cut Off From the Main Army Our Boys are Gathered in and Headed for Richmond and Libby," by Samuel E. Farrington, Company E, 12th Regment, New Jersey Volunteers

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