7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, New Jersey, and mustered in September 3, 1861. 7 Companies left State for Washington, D.C., September 19, 1861, and 3 Companies October 3, 1861.
Attached to:
- Casey's Provisional Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861
- 3rd Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862
- 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1864
- 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, to May 1864
- 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July 1865
Read more about 7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry: Disbanding
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