A Union Army camp during the Civil War
A Union Army camp during the Civil WarLibrary of Congress · LC-DIG-cwpb-02637
The Civil War, 1861 to 1865

New Jersey in the Civil War

New Jersey was raised entirely for the Union. Of the 57 regiments recorded in New Jersey, 57 served the United States, and none the Confederacy.

57
Regiments raised
96,493
Men in the records
57
Union
7
Pinned to a town

Civil War regiments were raised locally: each was recruited from the eligible men of one or more nearby counties, organized at a rendezvous camp, and sent to the front. In New Jersey, 7 of the 57 regiments below are pinned to the specific town where they formed; the rest are recorded honestly at the state level. The largest single unit raised in New Jersey was the 1 New Jersey Cavalry, with 5,863 men in the records.

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Union regiments raised in New Jersey

57 recorded, largest first. Raising town shown where documented.

  • 1 New Jersey Cavalry · Raised in New Jersey · 5,863 men
  • 8 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 4,376 men
  • 7 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 4,308 men
  • 10 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 4,119 men
  • 4 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 4,023 men
  • 2 New Jersey Cavalry · Raised in New Jersey · 3,812 men
  • 9 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 3,355 men
  • 3 New Jersey Cavalry · Raised in New Jersey · 3,280 men
  • 15 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 3,123 menFought at: Skirmishes near Falmouth and occupation of Fredericksburg, Skirmish, Chancellorsville
  • 33 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 3,074 men
  • 11 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 3,038 men
  • 34 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 3,036 men
  • 12 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 2,932 men
  • 35 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 2,928 men
  • 5 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 2,894 men
  • 6 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 2,635 men
  • 1 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 2,402 men
  • 2 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 2,161 men
  • 3 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 2,064 men
  • 14 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,944 men
  • 13 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,821 men
  • 40 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,786 men
  • 27 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,538 men
  • 39 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,436 men
  • 38 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,358 men
  • 31 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,348 men
  • 28 New Jersey Infantry · Raised at Freehold · 1,346 men
  • 30 New Jersey Infantry · Raised at Fair Haven · 1,320 men
  • 23 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,319 men
  • 21 New Jersey Infantry · Raised at 'Trenton · 1,289 men
  • 25 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,282 men
  • 24 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,272 men
  • 29 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,234 men
  • 26 New Jersey Infantry · Raised at Camp Frelinghuysen · 1,222 men
  • Batt'y. A, New Jersey Light Art'y. · Raised in New Jersey · 1,216 men
  • 22 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 1,202 men
  • 2 New Jersey Vet. Inf. · Raised in New Jersey · 1,169 men
  • Batt'y. B, New Jersey Light Art'y. · Raised in New Jersey · 1,092 men
  • 1 New Jersey Infantry (3 Months, 1861) · Raised in New Jersey · 898 menFought at: Battle of Bull Run, Manassas
  • 3 New Jersey Infantry (3 Months, 1861) · Raised in New Jersey · 879 men
  • 2 New Jersey Infantry (3 Months, 1861) · Raised at Trenton · 876 men
  • 37 New Jersey Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 871 men
  • 4 New Jersey Infantry (3 Months, 1861) · Raised at Trenton · 849 men
  • Battery D, New Jersey Light Artillery · Raised in New Jersey · 624 men
  • Battery C, New Jersey Light Artillery · Raised in New Jersey · 470 men
  • Battery E, New Jersey Light Artillery · Raised in New Jersey · 443 men
  • 1 Batt'n. New Jersey Vet. Inf. · Raised in New Jersey · 407 men
  • Recruits (Volunteers), Hoboken, New Jersey · Raised in New Jersey · 176 men
  • 3 Battalion New Jersey Vet. Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 148 men
  • Van Reypen's Unattached Co., New Jersey Cavalry · Raised in New Jersey · 103 men
  • New Jersey Light Art'y. · Raised in New Jersey · 74 men
  • 20 New Jersey Infantry · Raised at 'Trenton · 21 men
  • 41 Reg't N.J. Infantry · Raised in New Jersey · 10 men
  • 7 New Jersey Cavalry · Raised in New Jersey · 9 men
  • 8 New Jersey Cavalry · Raised in New Jersey · 8 men
  • 5 New Jersey Cavalry · Raised in New Jersey · 5 men
  • 12 New Jersey Cavalry · Raised in New Jersey · 5 men

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