Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-28

Captain John E. Beam. This brigade
was assigned to Fighting Joe" Hook
er's division and was eventually
known as "Hooker's Old Guard :
Colonel Starr of the Fifth Regiment,
as senior officer, was in command.
In the Army OF the Potomac
The First and Second New Jersey
Brigades followed the fortune of the
Army of the Potomac through all its
career from the Peninsular campaign
under Mcclellan to the surrender of
Lee at Appomattox Court House.
There is not sufficient space here to
trace the different battles in which
these worthy sons of New Jersey
fought prior To the battle of Gettys-
burg, nor of their deeds Of valor on
the battlefield To proceed to the
battle of Gettysburg itself and mar
rate as briefly as possible the deeds
of New Jerseys heroes in this, the
most decisive engagement in the war,
Is the aim now.
The Twenty third New Jersey Resi-
ment had returned home and on June
27 was mustered out; the Twenty-sev-
enth Regiment remained until the
18th, when it left Harrisburg for New
ark. where 1t was mustered out on
July > The militia under Captain
Murphy had received orders from
Governor Joel Parker to return, but
the general situation at the time and
the general alarm in the State of
Pennsylvania caused them to remain
until all danger was over.
With Bongstreet and Hill at Cham
bersburg, Ewell with two divisions
at Carlisle, while Early was moving
toward York destroying the Northern
Central Railroad and levying contri-
buttons on the people, and Jenkins
with large cavalry force moving
directly on Harrisburg, the invasion
assumed immense proportions
Governor Curtin's Aid.
Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
called anew for troops, asking for &C.,
900 men. The finest agricultural re-
gion of the North lay at the mercy
of the rebel army. But 'the Gov
errors call was futile. A call was
made on New Jersey for further aid.
The attempt to muster into the SER
vice all the troops which had volun-
teered for the emergency seemed to
Governor Parker a serious thing, as
it would take from his control the
militia of the State then serving in
Pennsylvania, and his own fears that
New Jersey was imperiled led him to
telegraph President Lincoln The
President replied that he did not be-
lieve New Jersey would be invaded
and it was just at this time that the
commanders were quietly changed,
General Hooker, of Lookout Noun
tain fame,' being supplanted by Cen
eral Meade.
General Lee had ordered the con-
centration of his army at Gettysburg
to protect his own line of commnnica-
ton and to be in a position to
threaten both Washington and Balti-
more. Both he and General Meade
were DESTROYS of fighting on defen-
siye line.
Bufords celebrated charge is SO
well known to all who have ever read
American. history that we will dis
miss it rather briefly here.
When the sound of the conflict
reached the ears of General Reynolds
he lost no time in hurrying his men
forward. The regiment in advance
that day was the Ninenty-fifth New
York, Colonel George H. Biddle COM
manding. In its ranks were goodly
number of Jersey boys, mostly from
the city of Newark whose patriotism
had exercised so controlling an in
n 1. a.. l,af
went to New York and enrolled in
the first regiment that took their
fancy. While, therefore, no distinc
lively New Jersey regiment was en-
gagged in the first days battle at
Gettysburg, the State was nobly rep
resented by more than a score of
brave fellows.
Eleventh New Jerseys Place.
The Eleventh New Jersey Regi-
ment, belonging to Carr's brigade of
Humphreys division, experienced all
the difficulties of the long march from
Maryland into Gettysburg, On their
way to the field of battle they took
the wrong road and were forced to
make a wide detour, as a consequence
of which they were massed near the
end of the line, being next to the last
regiment.
The next New Jersey regiment to ar
rive was the Twelfth, which had halt
ed for the night about three miles
south Of the battlefield. They were
placed on the left of Doubleday's di-
vision of the First corps, with Cen
eral Newton in command.
TIE Second New Jersey Brigade,
which had been left at Emmetsburg
to guard the mountain passes, re-
ceived orders at 2 o'clock in the
morning to rejoin the Third corps,
and began their hurried march. As
the Thirteenth New Jersey Regiment,
with the First division of the Twelfth
corps, was making its exhaustive
march under a broiling sun from Two