Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-15
REUNION HERE
Of OLD 10th
Veterans to Have Session.
Dorsey to Speak

The annual reunion of the Twen-
t~y-eighth Regiment New Jersey Vol
unteer Infantry will be held in this
city tomorrow with Major James II.
Dandy Post, No. 43 Grand Army Of
the Republic Department of the state
of New Jersey. The reunion will be
held at the headquarters of the post
in Odd Fellows hall.
There are about one hundred men,
bers of the old regiment left that
fought in the Civil War. The meet
ing will be called to order at 10
o'clock In the morning by Past Com
mander Larkin, president of the as
ISOLATION under whose auspices these
reunions are held about the state
every year Mayor Dorsey will give
the address of welcome and there will
be talks by several of the old vets
that will be present. The members of
the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Sons of
Veterans have arranged to serve the
dinner to the members of the regi-
ment I'M guests that are-expected to
come here for the affair. The last re-
union of the regiment held in this
city was three years g
The Twenty-eighth regiment was or
ganized under the provisions of an act
of Congress, approved July 20, 1861,
and under the then existing orders
governing the enrolment of troops a
draft for 10,475 men to serve for nine
months. unless sooner discharged had
been made upon the governor of New
Jersey by the President of United
States. August 81, 1862 n soon after
full Instructions for conducting 1t was
received from the war department.
These orders were in no way to in
terfere with orders already In exist
ence regarding recruiting and enlist
ment UP to September l. 1862 and all
recruiting and enlistment would be
placed to the credit of the state.
A general desire manifested and ex-
pressed by the state authorities as well
as by prominent citizens throughout
the state to avoid the draft gave such
enthusiasm to recruiting. SO that Sep
TENDER 8. 1862, the time appointed for
the draft, the entire quota was filled
by September %. 1862. The command
was duly mustered into service of the
United States for nine months at
Camp Vreidenberg, near Freehold by
First Lieutenant Frank o. Howell,
18th Infantry. United States Army,
with a full complement of men in
Guiding 40 non-commissioned officers
and $50 men. making a total of 935.
The regiment left the state October
2, 1862 en- route to Washington, d
c., for the destination was made al
the camp on Capital Hill. The regi-
ment soon after crossed into Vir-
ginia where they were assigned to a
Provisional Brigade Division in de-
Tense of Washington. The regiment
remained there at the latter place
drilling and d%isiplining for actual
service until December 1 when orders
came to march and from there the
regiment Joined the army Of the Pote-
mac having been assigned to the Sec
ond Aamy Corps, First Brigade, Third
Division. The regiment took part in
the battle of Fredericksburg, Va, Dec
ember 1914, 1862 and also at Chan
c~ellorsville, Va, May "a, 1853. The
regiment was mustered out Of service
on June 80, 1853.
Perth Amboy gave ffty-eight men
to this regiment in one days enlist
ment when the Inhabitants Of the
city was about 5000. Out of that num-
Der there are two still living, ]. Bruce
Smith, Of Elizabeth, who recently
moved from here and Samuel g. Gar
retson, a past department command
er Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
of the state of New Jersey.