New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . nel and majorand the remaining two battalions of the regimentwere directed to report to the commanding officerof Fort Hancock for duty at that place. On May 25th the Third Regiment broke camp atSea Girt and the First Battalion proceeded toPompton Lakes, Passaic County, New Jersey, andthe Second and Third Battalions to Fort Hancock,Sandy Hook. On the previous day. May 24th, Colonel EdwardA. Campbell was designated by general orders toform and organize the First Brigade, FirstDivision, Second Army Corps, at Camp Alger, Vir-gin
New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . nel and majorand the remaining two battalions of the regimentwere directed to report to the commanding officerof Fort Hancock for duty at that place. On May 25th the Third Regiment broke camp atSea Girt and the First Battalion proceeded toPompton Lakes, Passaic County, New Jersey, andthe Second and Third Battalions to Fort Hancock,Sandy Hook. On the previous day. May 24th, Colonel EdwardA. Campbell was designated by general orders toform and organize the First Brigade, FirstDivision, Second Army Corps, at Camp Alger, Vir-ginia. On July 17 Colonel Campbell was relievedby Brigadier-General Joseph W. Plume. It wasin this corps that the First New Jersey Regimentremained until the close of its service. On May 30th the Second New Jersey Regimentwas ordered to proceed at once to the nationalcamp at Chickamauga Park, and on the 1st ofJune the regiment left Sea Girt for Camp GeorgeH. Thomas. While upon their journey the regi-ment was ordered to advance to Camp Cuba Libre,Jacksonville, DYNAMITE CRUISER VESUVIUS. ONY AND AS A STATE 221 Although New Jersey had filled three regimentsa call came from the war department on May 27that a thousand more men should be conferences by New Jersey military offi-cers were held on this subject on the 28th, 29th,30th, and 31st of May, and in response the govern-or of New Jersey showed that the States quotahad been 2,862 men, which had been sent into thefield. The muster-in rolls showed 3,162 enlistedofficers and men in the service of the UnitedStates. It was shown the federal authorities thatto increase the existing regiments would be diffi-cult. The three regiments contained men fromeighteen towns and cities in the central part ofthe State. New Jersey requested that a new regi-ment, recruited from the northern and southernparts of the State, be established. On the 13th of June the recruits for the threeregiments in the field began to arrive in ca
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