The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-27
FIRST TO RESPOND.
New Jersey Brigade Reached
Washington Before All
Others in 81.
WHAT THE STATE DID IN THE WAR
Furnished 10000 More Men Than
Her Quota and Spent Her
Treasure Freely.
Special to the Jersey Cfty Nesrs.


has shown in the past that she can be
relied upon to do her full share toward
defending the country should a war
arise with England or any other coun-
try She was the first to fly to the de-
Tense of Washington when the war of
the Rebellion broke out and she spent
her blood and treasure unstintingly un-
It'll the Confederates laid down their
arms.
According to the archives in Adjutant
General Strykers office the first troops
in this State which were called into SER
vice was Company A. National Guards
of Trenton. which Governor Alden or
dered out for special service on April
16. 1861 On the following day the Gov
ernor issued a proclamation detaching
from the militia four regiments to serve
in the war for three months. The first
company mustered in under the call was
the Alden Guard of Trenton which took
the oath Tuesday, and within the follow
ing week the regiments were completed
and formed into a brigade and were the
first fully organized brigade to reach
the National Capital. Theodore Run
yon, now United States Minister to Ger
many, commanded the brigade. These
regiments were there designated as the
First Second, Third and Fourth Regi-
ments New Jersey Militia, and were af-
terward known as the Seventeenth.
Eighteenth. Nineteenth and Twentieth
Regiments of Infantry.
The first call for troops to serve for
three years or during the war was
made May 3, 1861, and under that call
the First, Second and Third Regiments
of Infantry were raised and formed in
To 10 ri do
call for troops July "a, 1861, the Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth. Seventh and Eighth Regi-
ments of Infantry and Batteries A and
B Artillery were raised. The Fourth
Regiment and Battery A were assigned
to the First Brigade and the remainder
formed the Second New Jersey Brigade.
On September s. 1851, the War Depart
ment gave the State authority to organ
ize a regiment of rifemen, and under
that call the Ninth Regiment of Infan
try was raised, and soon afterward
sent to the field.
During the fall of 1861 one regiment of
infantry and one of cavalry were organ
lied Independent of the State authors
ties. BY direction Of the War Depart
ment they were on January 20 and Feb
ruary 49, 1862, respectively placed under
the care of the State. The former, the
Alden Legion, was made the Tenth Re
giment of Infantry and the other the
Halstead Cavalry, the First Regiment
Of Cavalry or the Sixteenth Of the the a line.
ing 1862 under the call of July. Z, 1862.
They. were the Eleventh. Twelfth. Thir-
me1fts of Infantry, and they were rap
idly recruited from. the. good material
which the organized, drilled, and EQUIP
city and town in the State furnished.
Before these last regiments rglI could could
fss ssned neq anoter ea for M eleven
regiments to be drafted from the mill
tia. of the State. to serve nine months
did not like the idea of being compelled
to fight for their country, and disposi--
tion to avoid the, draft was manifested
had FASTENED to freely offer their ser
vices. so that the entire quota under
and and placed in camp by .septsmber 8. one
had been issued. The regiments thus.
Twenty-fourth, Twenty-ffth, twenty
sTtn brfeth anG ngerfSXifghrh SXirfygrhi
Regiments Of Infantry Under subse-
| quent reouisitions the Second Cavalry
thelsi the Third i1 cavalry called the Thirty
sixth Regiment with the. Thirty,third,
TiftyfTth TbirtyeIghtg Thibty
IL,
| Thirty-nifrth and Fortieth Regiments Of
| Infantry and. Batteries of Artillery e,
B. and E were organized and went into
The Organization of the Forty-frst
Regiment Of Infantry was commenced;
with wit Whs the Ti1hf!g-thh Thirty.ninth Regiment
| Thus it will be seen that during the
Rebellion New Jersey furnished thirty
msars sisting o Of i've batteries Of artillery At
the tbs CLOSE Of the eey xeep the
Thirtyfourth Infantry which hi 4ions; was ere re-
When the Confederate Army. under
| General Robert E. Lee, invaded Penn
| sylvania in June, 1868, universal alarm
ern States. An appeal for military aid
was made by Governor Curtin of Penn
sylvania to the Governors of the neigh
boring States on June 70, 1858. sea dW9 Gays foS
volunteers to serve for thirty days, to
aid in repelling the invasion, and one
fun regiment Of militia infantry and n43,le one
months later the Twenty-third and Twen-
ty-seventh Regiments, awaiting dis
charge volunteered for any emergency.
| On July IL. 1864, when the cities of Bal
| timore and Washington were menaced
with invasion, Governor Parker issued
proclamation calling for volunteers to
serve either. in Pennsylyania, MARYLAND
| or the District of Columbia. A company
responded, did the service required. and
| returning to the State. were discharged.
| According to the returns in the AdJu-
! tant Generals office. New Jersey fur
| nished So S05 men, 10,057 more than her
| quota under the various calls.
| During the war 1881 commissions were
issued by the State to officers in New
Jersey organizations.
| More men offered their services than
| the State had authority to accept, and,
| although they had preferred to enlist in
| New Jersey Organizations, they went into
| the regiments of other States, SO that
| many a gallant soldier OF the Excelsior
Brigade of New York, the Forty-eighth
| and Twelfth Pennsylvania Heavy Artil-
| lery the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry,
| the First New York Cavalry and other
1 lighting regiments were Jerseymen. Be-
/ sides these many JerSeymen entered or
| ganizations under the direct control OF
1 the United States Government. When the
! President by proclamation of January 1.
1 1863 authorized the enrolment of colored
1 troops New Jersey furnished respect-
| able number, which fought in Massa
/ chusetts and Rhode Island regiments.
| Under orders of the War Department,
IIancock,s Corps, United States Volun-
| teers. to be composed entirely of those
| who had served in the Army not less
/ than two years, was organized. and many
/ JerseyInen were in its ranks. When in
/ January 1854 the enlistment OF men for
/ the Regular Army was commenced, many
/ men of New Jersey responded
| New Jersey did her share towards sup
4 lnished 4S5S sailors and marines. This
| 81 !. -, NJ, Lass ooffpro11S with her