3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry

3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Active	June 4, 1861 to June 29, 1865
Disbanded	June 29, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	United States Army ; Union Army
Type	Infantry
Part of	1st Brigade, 1st Division, VI Corps
Engagements	American Civil War
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Col. George W. Taylor

Last updated April 04, 2019

The 3rd New Jersey Volunteer 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

It 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]

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Notable personnel

Colonel George W. Taylor-later a Brigadier General and commander of the brigade until mortally wounded during the August 1862 Second Bull Run Campaign.
Colonel Henry Brown - succeeded George Taylor as regiment commander, and later commanded the brigade.
1st Lieutenant Edward Burd Grubb, Jr. - brevetted Brigadier General at the end of the war.
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Wilkes Collet - later Colonel of the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.
Lieutenant Colonel James N. Duffy - aide to Major General George G. Meade, and post-war commissioner of the New Jersey Gettysburg Battlefield Commission, which was responsible for the creation and placement of New Jersey monuments at the Gettysburg National Military Park.

George William Taylor was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in the Army of the Potomac before being mortally wounded at the Battle of Manassas Station in Northern Virginia. The poem "The General's Death" by Joseph O'Connor was based on George W. Taylor's death.

Mark Wilkes Collet was a Union Army officer who served during the American Civil War. He served as Colonel and commander of the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry regiment, a unit he led from the Second Battle of Bull Run until the Chancellorsville Campaign. He was killed during his regiment's participation in the May 3, 1863, Battle of Salem Church during the campaign.

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References

Citations

1 2 Dyer 1908, pp. 1357–1358.

Bibliography

Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Company.

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[FOOTNOTEDyer19081357–1358-1] 1 2 Dyer 1908, pp. 1357–1358.