NEW JERSEY STATE ARCHIVES COLLECTION GUIDE Record Group: Department of Defense Subgroup: Adjutant General's Office (Civil War) Series: Memorials of Officers, ca. 1861-1894 Accession #: 1968.002 Series #: SDEA4002 Guide Date: 3/1992, rev. 2/1999 (JK) Volume: 1.25 c.f. [3 boxes] Institutional History Contents Content Note These records were compiled by Adjutant General William S. Stryker for the purpose of developing a written memorial for New Jersey's Civil War officers. The memorials take the form of correspondence from family members and friends, newspaper articles, and obituaries; they provide biographical information (e.g. military service data) for each officer. Of special note are: a list of all New Jersey officers killed during the war (folder #2); a compilation of brief biographical sketches of New Jersey officers (folder #3); a history of the First Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry, by M. H. Beaumont (folder #17); a history of the Third Regiment, New Jersey Infantry, by Charles Harker (folder #72); and material on Major General Philip Kearny (folder #89). NOTE: The memorials were originally filed in Civil War binders #223-226. All newspaper articles have been photocopied for preservation; the original clippings are in Box 3. Contents Box 1 Composite Lists: 1. Composite List of Memoirs 2. New Jersey Officers Who Died During the War 3. Biographical Sketches Memorials for Individual Officers: 4. ABBOTT, Joseph 5. ACKERMAN, Joseph 6. ACKLEY, William S. 7. ACTON, Edward A. 8. ALLEN, Joseph Warner 9. ANGEL, Ashbel W.
10. APPLEGATE, Edwin F. 11. ARNETT, Charles W. 12. AUSTIN, Alanson 13. BALDWIN, Henry Moore 14. BALDWIN, Joseph C. 15. BARNARD, William C. 16. BAYARD, George D. 17. BEAUMONT, M. H. (history of the First New Jersey Cavalry) 18. BEEKMAN, Samuel J. 19. BERRY, Edward Payson 20. BERRY, William C. 21. BIRD, Wellington 22. BLOOMFIELD, Lott 23. BOGGS, William G. 24. BOICE, George C. 25. BONHAM, Lucius 26. BREWSTER, Ephraim 27. BRILL, Frederick A. 28. BROWNSON, Edward P. 29. BUCK, Samuel S. 30. BUCKLEY, D. Penrose 31. BULLOCK, James Isaac 32. BURD, S. R. 33. BURTT, James C. 34. BUTLER, Frank 35. BUTLER, W. 36. CALHOUN, James T. 37. CALLEN, Henry H. 38. CARMAN, E. A. 39. CARRELL, Edward S. 40. CLARK, Harry R. 41. CLARK, Joseph C. 42. COCHRANE, William H. 43. CONK, William H. 44. CONOVER, James W. 45. COOK, E. Rezeau 46. CROMWELL, John O. 47. CROSS, Samuel D. 48. CURLIS, Richard A. 49. DAVIS, Thomas H.
50. DRAKE, J. Madison 51. DUNCAN, Robert E. 52. EAYRE, Thomas W. 53. EGAN, William H. 54. EKINGS, Thomas K. 55. EVANS, William J. 56. FIELD, Charles 57. FISHER, Otis 58. FOGG, John M. 59. FOSTER, Richard 60. FOWLER, John 61. FRANCINE, Louis 62. FREEMAN, Joseph Addison 63. FRITSCHY, John F. 64. GALLAGHER, Michael 65. GAMBLE, John 66. GELSTON, William 67. GRAHAM, Archibald 68. GREEN, Theodore J. 69. HAINES, Thomas R. 70. HALSEY, Edmund D. 71. HAMILTON, Ellis 72. HARKER, Charles (history of the Third New Jersey Infantry) 73. HARRIS, Edwin S. 74. HARRISON, George W. 75. HARSFALL, Charles K. Box 2 76. HART, Israel 77. HARTMAN, John B. 78. HATCH, William B. 79. HATFIELD, Daniel 80. HATFIELD, David 81. HEISLER, George 82. HENRY, Joseph J. 83. HERBERT, George H. 84. HUFTY, Charles 85. HUGHES, James 86. IRISH, Hugh C. 87. JANEWAY, Hugh H. 88. JUSTICE, George C.
89. KEARNY, Philip 90. KEARNY, Philip John 91. KELLY, Edward 92. KILPATRICK, Judson 93. LANGBEIN, Julis 94. LAWRANCE, Joseph B. 95. LAYTON, Sidney M. 96. LINDSLEY, Ira J. 97. LOGAN, Dorastus B. 98. LONG, James 99. MARTIN, Luther 100. McCHESNEY, Joseph M. 101. McDONALD, Patrick 102. MEVES, Charles 103. MINDIL, George W. 104. MORRISON, Andrew Jackson 105. MORRISON, Charles B. 106. MOTT, Gershom 107. MOUNT, Vincent W. 108. MOUNT, Wesley E. 109. MULLERY, Michael 110. NASON, Joseph W. 111. NIPPINS, William 112. OHLENSLAGER, Emil 113. PARMENTIER, William Jencks 114. PLUME, Isaac H. 115. POST, Jacob 116. POTTER, William E. 117. POWELL, Samuel M. 118. REILLY, Charles 119. REVERE, Joseph W. 120. RICH, John 121. RIDGEWAY, Joseph Theodore 122. ROBESON, Alexander L. 123. ROBESON, William P. 124. RODEN, Hugh P. 125. ROSSELL, Nathan B. 126. RUTLER, Francis E. 127. SANDERS, John 128. SCOTT, Julian
129. SEWELL, William J. 130. SHAW, Charles D. 131. SLACK, Thomas A. 132. SLEEPER, Samuel T. 133. SHIMER, Cornelius C. 134. SMITH, Myron W. 135. SPRINGER, John 136. STEWARD, James 137. STROND, Simpson R. 138. STRONG, Theodore 139. STULTS, Symmes Henry 140. STURGES, William E. 141. SWIFT, Joseph 142. TAYLOR, Archibald S. 143. TAYLOR, John 144. THACKARY, Isaac 145. TORBERT, Alfred T. 146. TRUEX, William Snyder 147. TUCKER, Isaac M. 148. TUITE, John 149. VAN HOUTEN, Gilliam 150. VAN RENFFELAER, Cortlandt 151. WALDRON, Samuel F. 152. WALKER, Charles T. 153. WALKER, James 154. WALKER, William 155. WALTON, Algerman 156. WARD, John R. 157. WHITFIELD, George 158. WIEBECKE, Charles 159. WILLIAMS, Daniel 160. YARD, Benjamin H. 161. ZABRISKIE, Abraham Box 3 Original Newspaper Clipings: a. A-G b. H-Z c. History of First New Jersey Cavalry by Beaumont
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