. History of the First Brigade, New Jersey Volunteers . n-ship which should not by that time have furnished the full num-ber of men required. Everywhere throughout the State theutmost enthusiasm and energy were exhibited, not only by thoseliable to the conscription, but by citizens of all ages and several days previous to that fixed for the draft, men pouredinto camp by the thousands, and by the evening oi the second ofSeptember the five camps contained 10,800 volunteers. Thisnumber was subsequently reduced, by medical examination, to10,714, being 236 more than the number called fo
. History of the First Brigade, New Jersey Volunteers . n-ship which should not by that time have furnished the full num-ber of men required. Everywhere throughout the State theutmost enthusiasm and energy were exhibited, not only by thoseliable to the conscription, but by citizens of all ages and several days previous to that fixed for the draft, men pouredinto camp by the thousands, and by the evening oi the second ofSeptember the five camps contained 10,800 volunteers. Thisnumber was subsequently reduced, by medical examination, to10,714, being 236 more than the number called for. The campswere as follows, viz.: Camp No. i at Trenton—^ N. Halstead, No. 2 at Beverly—^ G. M. Robeson, No. 3 at Freehold—^ Height, No. 4 at Newark— Van Vorst, No. 5 at Flemington— Alex. Donaldson, Com-mander. On the morning of the third the State authorities had thesatisfaction of announcing- to the Adjutant-General of the United. Violet, the Daughter of the Twenty-third X. J. \ols.,and her Mother, Mrs. E. Burd Gribb. FIRST NEW JERSEY BRIGADE. 223 States that the quota of New Jersey was in camp, without asingle drafted man. As rapidly as possible, after being receivedin camp, the men were organized into companies and regiments,clothed, uniformed, equipped and placed under instruction, andby the lOth of October all had left for the field. The Twenty-third, commanded by Colonel J. S. Cox, was mustered into theUnited States service on the 13th of September, 1862, and com-prised 39 officers and 955 enlisted men, making a total of 944,which left the State on the 26th day of September. Let us now look at the condition of the country at this timeand the condition of the army which the Twenty-third NewJersey joined. These were what might be called the darkestdays of the war. In June, McClellan had floundered throughthe Chickahominy, leaving half of his magnificent
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