4th New Jersey Regiment

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4th New Jersey Regiment
Active 1776-
Allegiance Continental Congress of the United States
Type Infantry
Part of New Jersey Line
Engagements Battle of Brandywine,
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Monmouth

The 4th New Jersey Regiment from the revolution as followed by the 4th NJ in the Civil War. The original was raised on September 16, 1776 at Elizabethtown, New Jersey for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was disbanded on February 7, 1779 at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. It was later formed again for the American Civil War.

[edit] Civil War

The 4th New Jersey Regiment was organized on August 19, 1861 at Camp Olden and left New Jersey for Washington, D.C., and arrived on August 20, 1861. While in Washington its main duty was the Defences of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862, when it then went on to advance on Manassas, Virginia.

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