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Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N.J. |
August 19 |
Mustered in for three years service under Colonel James H. Simpson |
August 20 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to Kearney's Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
October |
Attached to Kearney's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac |
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March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 8-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
April 7-11 |
Advance from Alexandria to Bristoe Station. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
April 17 |
Embarked for the Virginia Peninsula |
April 19-May 5 |
Siege of Yorktown (on transports) |
May 7-8 |
West Point. attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 7 |
Reconnaissance to East Branch Chickahominy (Companies D, F and I) |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 27 |
Battles of Gaines Mill
Colonel Simpson and 400 men captured. Lt. Colonel William B. Hatch takes command of the regiment. |
June 30 |
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-26 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Manassas, Va. |
August 24 |
Colonel Simpson is paroled and returns to the regiment but resigns to resume his duties as a Major of Topographic Engineers in the regular army. |
August 26-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 26 |
Lt. Colonel Hatch promoted to colonel. |
August 27 |
Bull Run Bridge, Manassas |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
August 30-31 |
Cover Pope's retreat to Centreville |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Battle of Crampton's Gap, South Mountain
From the monument: "Late in the afternoon the Brigade advanced from the fields north and west of Burkittsville, charged up the mountain, carried this point, and followed the enemy to the west foot of the mountain. Loss in the Brigade 40 killed, 134 wounded" |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
The brigade was commanded by its senior colonel, Alfred T. A. Torbert of the 1st New Jersey. The 4th was commanded by Colonel William B. Hatch.
From the monument: "The Brigade arrived upon the field from Crampton's Pass about noon, and was formed for a charge upon the Confederate line just North of the Dunkard Church. The order for the charge was countermanded, and the brigade took position across this road, in support of the 6rh Corps Artillery, the right of the brigade in woods North of the road, the left in the open field South, where it remained, under artillery fire, until the morning of the 19th."
From the marker: "This stone marks the right of the brigade, when a little after noon it was formed to charge the woods North of the Dunkard Church. The order was countermanded and the brigade moved a short distance to the left to support the Corps Artillery, soon after which Hexamer's Battery engaged and silenced the Confederate Artillery at Dunkard Church." |
September-Otcober |
At Sharpsburg, Md. |
October 29-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Colonel Hatch was mortally wounded leading a charge near a railroad embankment. He died on Dcember 18. |
December |
At Falmouth |
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January 8 |
William Birney promoted to colonel |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks Ford |
May 22 |
Colonel Birney promoted to brigadier general. |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg.
Commanded at Gettysburg by Maj. Charles Ewing, it brought 386 men to the field, suffering no casualties. The 4th was detached from the brigade during Gettysburg. Companies A, C, and H acted as Provost Guard, with the remainder of the regiment guarding the Reserve Artillery train, shown by a marker near School House Road.
From the brigade monument: "First Brigade New Jersey Volunteers. Brig. Gen. Alfred T.A. Torbert, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 15th Regiments Infantry 1st Brigade, 1st Div., 6th Corps. July 2, in reserve, July 3 and 4 detached from the corps, held this position." |
July |
In camp near Warrenton, Va. |
September 15 |
At Culpeper Court House |
September 29 |
James Duffy promoted to colonel but not mustered |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
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January-May |
At Brandy Station |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 17-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
June 9-11 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
July 11-12 |
Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defenses of Washington |
July 14-23 |
Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap |
August 7-November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 14-15 |
Strasburg |
August 15 |
Cedar Creek |
August 17 |
Winchester |
August 21-22 |
Charlestown |
September 19 |
Battle of Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October-December |
Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
December |
Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Petersburg, Va. and Siege of Petersburg |
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February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 21 |
David Vickers promoted to colonel |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-27 |
March to Danville |
May 18 |
Moved to Richmond, Va. olonel Vickers mustered out. |
May 18-June 3 |
To Washington, D.C. |
May 29 |
Edward L. Campbell promoted to colonel |
June 8 |
Corps Review |
July 9 |
Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Va. under Colonel Campbell |
