The Civil War in the East

7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment

The Regiment lost 11 officers and 126 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 121 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

Monument to the 7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg

1861

 

Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N.J.

September 3

Mustered in under Colonel Joseph W. Revere

September 19

Seven Companies left State for Washington, D.C. At Meridian Hill attached to Casey's Provisional Brigade, Division of the Potomac

October 3

Three Companies left State for Washington, D.C.

October

Attached to 3rd Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac

November 3-11

Expedition to Lower Maryland

November 12

Duty at Budd's Ferry, Md.

1862

March

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, Va.

May 5

Battle of Williamsburg

May 31-June 1

Battle of Fair Oaks (or Seven Pines)

June 2-24

Duty near Seven Pines

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 25

Action at Oak Grove (near Seven Pines)

June 29

Battle of Savage Station

June 30

Glendale

July 1

Malvern Hill

July - August

At Harrison's Landing

August 15-26

Movement to Centreville, Va

August 26-
September 2

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia

August 27

Action at Bristoe Station (or Kettle Run)

August 29

Battle of Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

September 1

Chantilly

September-October

Duty in the Defenses of Washington

October 25

Colonel Revere promoted to brigadier general

November 1-28

Movement to Falmouth, Va.

November 28-December 11

Duty near Falmouth

December 9

Lt. Colonel Louis Raymond Francine promoted to colonel

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

January-April

Duty near Falmouth

February 5-7

Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-6

Battle of Chancellorsville

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Louis R. Francine, who was mortally wounded on July 2nd, dying on the 16th. Major Frederick Cooper then took command of the regiment.

 

The 7th brought 331 men to the field.

 

From the monument: "7th N.J. Vols. July 2, 1863. Killed 24, Wounded 77, Missing 13, Total 114.

First position 300 yards N.E. of this. Heavily engaged there. Moved here to reinforce Graham's Brigade. Here Colonel Francine Fell."

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va.

July 23

Wapping Heights. Francis Price, Jr. promoted to colonel

July-October

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

1864

February 6-7

Demonstration on the Rapidan

March

Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps

May 3-June 15

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps

May 5-7

Battle 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, 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 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 16-18

Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road

July 27-29

Demonstration north of the James

July 27-28

Deep Bottom

August 13-20

Demonstration north of the James

August 14-18

Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom

August 25

Ream's Station

September 10

Fort Sedgwick

September 29-
October 2

Poplar Springs Church

October 2-5

Yellow House

October 7

Non-Veterans mustered out at Trenton

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road. Hatcher's Run

December 7-12

Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad

1865

February 5-7

Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run

March 25

Watkins' House

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

March 30-31

Boydton and White Oak Road

March 31

Crow's House

April 2

Fall of Petersburg

April 3-9

Pursuit of Lee

April 6

Sailor's Creek

April 7

High Bridge, Farmville

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

May 2-12

March to Washington, D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

June-July

Duty at Washington, D.C.

July 17

Mustered out under Colonel Price