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Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N.J. under Colonel James T. Hatfield. |
August 19 |
Mustered in |
September 10 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Casey's Provisional Brigade, Division of the Potomac, |
October |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
November 3-11 |
Expedition to Lower Maryland |
November 12 |
At Meridian Hill |
December |
Near Budd's Ferry, Md. |
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March 1862 |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 5-8 |
Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
April 10-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
April 27 |
Colonel Hatfield resigned. |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 7 |
Lieutenant Colonel Geshom Mott of the 5th New Jersey Infantry Regiment transferred to the 6th New Jersey and promoted to colonel |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks (or Seven Pines) |
June |
Duty near Seven Pines |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 25 |
Battle of Oak Grove, near Seven Pines |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 15-26 |
Movement to Centreville |
August 26-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 27 |
Action at Bristoe Station (or Kettle Run) |
August 29 |
Battles of Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September-October |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
September 7 |
Colonel Mott promoted to brigadier general |
September 10 |
George C. Burling promoted to colonel |
November 1-28 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
November 28-December 11 |
Duty near Falmouth |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
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January-April |
At Falmouth |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 5-7 |
Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen R. Gilkyson. It brought 246 men to the field and suffered 1 killed, 32 wounded and 8 missing.
From the monument: "Engaged here July 2nd, 1863, being detached from the brigade. Supported batteries on Cemetery Ridge July 3." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
July 23 |
Wapping Heights |
August-September |
Duty near Warrenton |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 15 |
McLean's Ford |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Kelly's Ford |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
Payne's Farm |
December |
Duty near Brandy Station |
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February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps |
March 4 |
Colonel Burling resigned |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James; attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
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 19 |
Harris Farm (or Fredericksburg Road) |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23-24 |
Ox Ford |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1 |
Lt. Colonel Gilkyson promoted to colonel |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
June 24 |
In trenches before Petersburg |
July 12 |
In Reserve Camp |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration on north side of the James |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
July 29 |
In trenches |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
September |
Before Petersburg |
September 7 |
Non-Veterans mustered out at Trenton, N.J., under Colonel Gilkyson. Veterans formed into Veteran Battalion. |
October 12 |
Veteran Battalion consolidated with 8th New Jersey Infantry |
