1862

Muster

Organized at Camp Fair Oaks, near Flemmington, N. J., and mustered in August 25.

Left State for Washington, D.C., August 27. Duty at Tennallytown, D.C. until September 30, constructing Fort Kearney.

Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June, 1865.

Active Service and Campaigns

• Moved to Frederick, Md., September 30, then to Bakerville and Joined Army of the Potomac.
• Duty in Maryland until October 29.
• Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19.
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. (Engaged)

1863

• Duty near Falmouth, Va., until April 27.
• "Mud March" January 20-24.
• Chancellorsville Campaign  April 27-May 6.
  • Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2.
  • Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. *
  • Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. *
• Franklin's Crossing, VA, June 6 to 14. *
• Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.
  • Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4.  *
  • Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24.
    • Fairfield, Pa., July 5.  *
    • At and near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. *
• In camp near Warrenton until September 15, and at Culpeper until October.
• Rappahannock Station, VA October 12. *
• Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.  *
• Rappahannock Station November 7.
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.   *

1864

• Duty at Brandy Station until May.
• Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15.
• Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; * Spotsylvania May 8-12;  * Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21. * Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12.  *
• North Anna River May 23-26.  *
• On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
• Hanover Court House, VA May 29. *
• Tolopotomy  Creek, VA May 28-31.  *
• Cold Harbor June 1-12.  *
• Before Petersburg June 17-22.  *
• Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23.
• Weldon Railroad, VA June 23. *
• Moved to Washington, D.C., July 9-11.
• Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the northern defenses of Washington, D.C., July
  11-12.
• Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap July 14-23.
• Snicker's Ferry July 17-18.  *
• Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28.
• Strasburg August 14-15.  *
• Cedar Creek August 15.
• Winchester August 17. *
• Charlestown August 21-22.  *
• Opequan  September 19.  *
• Fisher's Hill  September 21-22.  *
• New Market, VA September 24. *
• Mount Jackson, VA September 24. *
• Battle of Cedar Creek  and Middletown October 19.  *
• Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until December.
• Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Petersburg, Va., December.

1865

• Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April 2.
• Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7.   *
• Fort Stedman, VA March 25. *
• Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
• Assault and capture of Petersburg April 2.   *
• Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.
• Sailor's Creek, VA April 6. *
• Farmville, VA April 7. *
• Appomattox Court House April 9. *
• Surrender of Lee and his army.
• March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there until May 18.
• March to Richmond, Va., then to Washington, D.C., May 18-June 3.
• Corps Review June 8.

* - Official fighting record as compiled by the New Jersey State-Adjutant.

Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Va., June 22, 1865.

Losses

Regiment losses during service:

KIlled:

• 8 Officers
• 239 Enlisted men

Died from desease:

• 1 Officer
• 98 Enlisted men

Death From Undetermined Reasons:

• 15 Enlisted men

Total 361

More than any of the other 14 Infantry Regiments and three Cavalry Regiments from New Jersey which served three years.

The war ended. The survivors of the Fifteenth sought their homes, happy to return to civilian life. We rejoiced that the great rebellion was crushed out, and looked forward to a glorious future for our

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country. With an unbroken Union was the assurance of peace and prosperity for coming generations.

With such a result attained, none regretted the sacrifices we had made. The scars we carried were from honorable wounds received in behalf of a noble cause. We should share in the common blessings of our favored land, and would value them all the more because our sufferings and toils had contributed to secure them.

---- The final entry, "The History Of The Fifteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers", Alanson A. Haines, 1883.