3rd New Jersey Infantry Regiment

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3rd New Jersey Infantry Regiment
ActiveJune 4, 1861 to June 29, 1865
DisbandedJune 29, 1865
Country Flag of the United States (1865-1867).svg United States
Allegiance Union
Branch United States Army
Union Army
Type Infantry
Part of1st Brigade, 1st Division, VI Corps
Engagements American Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Col. George W. Taylor

The 3rd New Jersey Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army in the American Civil War. Composed of men from New Jersey, it served in the Army of the Potomac.

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History

The 3rd New Jersey Infantry Regiment was recruited and mustered into Federal service in May 1861, and was brigaded with the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, the 2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and the 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry to make up what became famed as the "First New Jersey Brigade". Early on, the regiment participated in small actions such as the Bog Wallow Ambush in Northern Virginia. The regiment and brigade served as the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the VI Corps, and participated in numerous battles from the June 27, 1862, Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia, to the final Union assaults on Confederate positions at Petersburg, Virginia, in April 1865. [1]

The remnants of the 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry were mustered out at Hall's Hill, Virginia, on June 29, 1865. [1]

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  1. 1 2 Dyer 1908, pp. 1357–1358.

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