13th New Jersey Volunteers

The 13th Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, part of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Corps, reached the Gettysburg battlefield at 5 p.m. on July 1, 1863, and went with the brigade into position on the north side of Wolf Hill. During the night it occupied a position in support of Battery M, First New York Artillery. On July 2, in the morning, it held position near Culp's Hill, and in the afternoon marched to relieve the Third Corps near Round Top, then returned at night to the right of the army. On July 3, it occupied a position supporting the Second Massachusetts and Twenty-seventh Indiana in their charge on the Confederate flank, and in the evening moved to the extreme right in support of Gregg's Cavalry. The regiment was mustered in on August 25, 1862, and discharged on June 8, 1865. Its service included Antietam in 1862; Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863; Nancy's Creek, Peach Tree Creek, Resaca, Cassville, Dallas, Kulp's Farm, the Siege of Atlanta, the March to the Sea, and the Siege of Savannah in 1864; and Averysboro and Bentonville in 1865. At Gettysburg, 2 were killed or died of wounds and 19 were wounded. Total losses during the war were 75 killed or died of wounds, 43 dead from disease and in prisons, and 244 wounded, for a total of 362.

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