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New Jersey 8th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:14 Sep 1861
  • Muster In Date:17 Jul 1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Bvt MG Gershom Mott
    • Brigadier General Andrew A. Humphreys
    • Brigadier General Daniel Sickles
    • Brigadier General Francis E. Patterson
    • Brigadier General Gershom Mott
    • Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr
    • Brigadier General Joseph Hooker
    • Brigadier General Joseph W. Revere
    • Brigadier General Robert McAllister
    • Captain George Hoffman
    • Captain John Langton
    • Captain John Tuite
    • Colonel Adolphus J. Johnson
    • Colonel George C. Burling
    • Colonel John Ramsey
    • Colonel Joseph B. Carr
    • Colonel Robert McAllister
    • Colonel Samuel H. Starr
    • Colonel William J. Sewell
    • Lieutenant Colonel William Ward
    • Major Henry Hartford
    • Major General Hiram Berry
    • Major General Joseph Hooker
Battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21 Jun 186424 Jun 18643 daysPetersburg, Virginia
Fort Stedman25 Mar 186525 Mar 1865< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Gettysburg01 Jul 186303 Jul 18632 daysGettysburg, Pennsylvania
Siege of Yorktown (1862)05 Apr 186204 May 186229 daysYork County, Virginia; Newport News, Virginia
Peebles' Farm30 Sep 186402 Oct 18642 daysDinwiddie County, Virginia
Sailor's Creek06 Apr 186506 Apr 1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Second Petersburg15 Jun 186418 Jun 18643 daysPetersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Seven Pines31 May 186201 Jun 18621 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Chantilly01 Sep 186201 Sep 1862< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 Jun 186412 daysHanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Boydton Plank Road27 Oct 186428 Oct 18641 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House08 May 186421 May 186413 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House09 Apr 186509 Apr 1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Wilderness05 May 186407 May 18642 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Second Deep Bottom14 Aug 186420 Aug 18646 daysHenrico County, Virginia
Second Bull Run28 Aug 186230 Aug 18622 daysPrince William County, Virginia
Hatcher's Run05 Feb 186507 Feb 18652 daysDinwiddie County, Virginia
First Deep Bottom27 Jul 186429 Jul 18642 daysHenrico County, Virginia
Williamsburg05 May 186205 May 1862< 1 dayYork County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 186306 May 18636 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia
Second Ream's Station25 Aug 186425 Aug 1864< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Fair Oaks, Virginia01 Jun 186201 Jun 1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia
Fair Oaks, Virginia16 Jun 186216 Jun 1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia

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