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New Jersey 26th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

9/18/62

Organized - New Jersey 26th Volunteer Infantry - New Jersey

12/13/62

Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg

In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE

4/30/63

Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville

On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE

6/5/63

Battle - Franklin's Crossing - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Stafford County, Virginia

Franklin's Crossing
Franklin's Crossing

Union troops under John Sedgwick on a reconnaissance mission met A.P. Hill's Confederate forces and were turned back. This skirmish was the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign.READ MORE

6/27/63

Mustered Out - New Jersey 26th Volunteer Infantry - New Jersey

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