| Record
Group: |
New
Jersey State Archives |
| Series: |
Original
Military Commissions, Discharge Papers and Soldiers' Memorials, 1861-1910 |
| Accession
#: |
1975.003,
1977.037, 1989.029, 1995.017, 1999.049, 1999.055 and unknown |
| Series
#: |
SNJSA009 |
| Guide
Date: |
4/1995
(JK); rev. 9/1999 (EC) |
| Volume: |
1
c.f. [13 items] |
Contents
| Content
Note
This
series contains original commissions, discharge papers, and memorial
certificates of New Jersey soldiers and sailors. The majority of
the records pertain to Civil War soldiers and were received by the
Archives from private sources. Researchers should note that a great
number of similar documents (probably received by the Adjutant General's
Office from private sources) can still be found in the bound Civil
War regimental records. |
| Box
|
| 1. |
Commission
certificate, Capt. John G. C. Macfarlan, Ten Eyck Guards, 1st Regiment,
Burlington Brigade, New Jersey Militia, Trenton, NJ, 1 August 1861
[14"x17"; Accession #1977.037]. |
| 2. |
Discharge
certificate, Private Silas H. Benjamin, 5th New Jersey Light Artillery
[Battery E], New Jersey Volunteers, Richmond, VA, 12 June 1865 [8.5"x11";
Accession #1999.049]. |
| 3. |
Discharge
certificate of Private James T. Jones, Company B, 4th Regiment of
the New Jersey Veterans Volunteers, Halls Hill, VA, 23 June 1865 [8.5"x11";
Accession #1999.055]. |
| 4. |
Honorable
discharge certificate, Private Lewis Gooden, Company A, 3rd Regiment,
New Jersey Cavalry Volunteers, 4 July 1866 [14"x18"; Accession
#1975.003]. |
| 5. |
Honorable
discharge certificate, Private John Wilson, Company B, 29th Regiment,
New Jersey Volunteers, Trenton, NJ, 4 July 1866 [14"x16.5";
Accession #1989.029]. |
| 6. |
Papers
of Private Samuel Crowell, Company M, 2nd Cavalry, New Jersey Volunteers,
1863 and 1866 [2 items], as follows: |
| |
a) |
Honorable
discharge certificate, Trenton, NJ, 4 July 1866 [16"x20"]. |
| |
b) |
Soldier's
memorial for Company M, Trenton, NJ, 28 September 1863 [14"x18.5"]. |
| 7. |
Discharge
certificate of Seaman Warren Jones, First Division, Battalion of the
West, New Jersey Naval Reserve, Trenton, NJ, 21 March, 1901 [8.5"x11";
Accession #1999.055]. |
| 8. |
Papers
of Cpl. David Herbert, Co. E, 6th Regiment/Co. F, 8th Regiment, New
Jersey Volunteers, 1888-1910 [5 items; Accession #1995.017], as follows: |
| |
a) |
Service
certificate, Adjutant General's Office, Trenton, NJ, 7 July 1888 [8"x10.5"]. |
| |
b) |
Letter
from Adjutant General C. McClure re: request for replacement discharge
certificate, War Department, Washington, DC, 23 December 1910 [8"x10.5"]. |
| |
c) |
Certificate
in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge Certificate, War Department,
Washington, DC, 28 December 1910 [8.5"x11"]. |
| |
d) |
Personalized
memorial certificate, no date [16"x26" on board, edges chipped;
provides service details and notes on the history of the 6th and 8th
regiments]. |
| |
e) |
"Army
of the Potomac" memorial published by The National Tribune,
Washington, DC, 1904 [19"x25.5", badly torn]. |
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