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Excerpt from History of the First Brigade, New Jersey Volunteers: From 1861 to 1865 Compiled Under the Authorization of Kearny's First New Jersey Brigade Socitey The work here presented is intended to fill a space in the history of New Jersey's soldier sons, heretofore neglected. That so long a time has elapsed since the deeds recorded were performed before any record of them was attempted, must be attributed to the modesty of the men who made that record on the battlefields of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. This unfortunate display of modesty has lost to the readers of this work many incidents of personal bravery and sacrifice that would have given both interest and charm to it. New Jersey sent forty regiments to the field of battle, in Virginia. North Carolina and the West, and out of the great number of men who volunteered, but a handful are now living. Many of these have forgotten the incidents or have but an indistinct recollection of them. For this reason the work is a review of its marches and battles only, and the standard works on the War of the Rebellion have been used to compile it. Grant's and Sheridan's memoirs, Generals Michie, Palfrey, Butterfield, Humphrey, Duc de Chartres, Foster, Williams, Stein, and others have been freely consulted. The official "Records of the War of Rebellion," published by the United States government, supplied the framework upon which the work rests, and orders and correspondence have been quoted as well as reports. The First New Jersey Brigade, composed originally of the first three regiments that were mustered into the United States service of three years, was without a brigade general until the ideal soldier, Kearny, took command. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.