New Jersey Resource Page US Civil War:War Between the States

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New Jersey Resource Page US Civil War: War Between the States Project

New Jersey Resource Page for WikiTree:

• US Civil War: War Between the States Project Page
• Project Resource Page

Free Sites

Civil War Research and Genealogy Personnel Directory: https://civilwardata.com/active/pers_dir.html

Start with Stryker's Records of Officers and Men. This database indexes 82,467 names of New Jersey men who served during the United States Civil War. Entries link to an electronic version of Adjutant General William S. Stryker's two-volume Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865, which was originally published by the State of New Jersey in 1876. The electronic version is hosted on the website of the New Jersey State Library.

Other free sites of interest

• Monmouth University site with links.
• NJ State Archives has links for grave sites, pay records, and miscellaneous documents. See the Civil War Cartes De Visite Collection of photographs of Civil War officers (1860s-1890s).
• NJ 150th Anniversary Commission
• New Jersey Civil War Gravestones
• NJ Civil War Heritage Association

Paid Sites

• American Civil War Database Annual Membership $25, visitor pass $10. I haven't used this site, so cannot review.
• Fold3 Annual Membership, $79.95. Coupons and discounts are available online for certain groups, including veterans. An Ancestry site. Has many military record images (not all), census records. Navagation/searches can be difficult. Record images are very good. 7 Day Free Trial could be used if you amass a number of searches and complete them at one time. NOTE: Check the project page for members who are willing to do a look up based upon their membership. This is also available at many public libraries.

New Jersey in the Civil War

Units

Categorize profiles by one of the units listed in this category: New Jersey, United States Civil War.

• Gottfried, Bradley M. Kearny’s Own: The History of the First New Jersey Brigade in the Civil War. (New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 2005)

Cemeteries

• Bilby, Joseph G. ‘’“Freedom to All”: New Jersey’s African-American Civil War Soldiers.’’ (Hightstown, N.J: Longstreet House, 2011) includes regimental histories and names of all who served and their burial locations
• Freck, William, and Leonard J. Banning. Interment Locations of Officers and Men of the New Jersey Regiments in the Civil War. (Toms River, N.J: L.J. Banning, 2004)
• Eckhardt, Charles, and Robert MacAvoy. Our Brothers Gone Before: An Inventory of Graves and Cenotaphs in New Jersey Cemeteries for Union and Confederate Civil War Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Suregons and Nurses. (Hightstown, N.J: Longstreet House, 2006). 2 volumes. This work is highly recommended.
• National Parks Service records search for national cemeteries.
• VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator
• New Jersey Civil War Gravestones, alphabetical links to cemeteries with Civil War burials.
• Hudson County Cemeteries
• Beverly National Cemetery, National Parks Service, Essex County.
• Finns Point National Cemetery Salem County.
• When creating profiles for your veteran, please add him or her to the correct New Jersey, Cemeteries category.

New Jersey POW Camps

Were there any?

Conflicts in New Jersey

There were no Civil War battles in New Jersey.

Flags

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NJ State Museums has selection of regimental flags, and other information.

Animated flags available at: AB Flags NOTE: Disclaimer is required when used. This can be placed under comments on the photo page.

Maps

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State maps available at: Digital Topo Maps. NOTE: A disclaimer is required when used. This can be placed under the comments on the photo page.

Medals

• [1] Medal of Honor recipients.
• New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients by Michael R. Hogan
• New Jersey's Civil War Medals including rolls

Museums

NJ State Museums has selection of regimental flags, and other information.

New Jersey Department of State 205 W. State Street PO Box 530 Trenton, NJ 08625

Tel: (609) 292-6464 (recorded message) Email: Feedback@sos.state.nj.us

Timeline of Events in New Jersey

County Resources

Atlantic

• US GenNet History of Atlantic County

Bergen

• Find A Grave Civil War Veterans

Burlington

Camden

Cape May

Cumberland

Essex

Beverly National Cemetery, National Parks Service.

Gloucester

Hudson

Hudson County Cemeteries

Hunterdon

Mercer

Middlesex

Monmouth

Morris

Ocean

Passaic

Salem

Finns Point National Cemetery Salem County.

Somerset

Sussex

Union

Warren

Lists available at http://www.alphalists.com/geo/united-states

Sources