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New Jersey 26th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

18/09/1862

Organized - New Jersey 26th Volunteer Infantry - New Jersey

13/12/1862

Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Fredericksburg

In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE

30/04/1863

Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia

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Chancellorsville

On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE

05/06/1863

Battle - Franklin's Crossing - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Stafford County, Virginia

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Franklin's Crossing

Union troops under John Sedgwick on a reconnaissance mission met A.P. Hill's Confederate forces and were turned back. This skirmish was the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign.READ MORE

27/06/1863

Mustered Out - New Jersey 26th Volunteer Infantry - New Jersey

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