Roster
Organized at Trenton, N.J., and mustered in September 15, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., September 16, 1862, thence moved to Frederick, Md., September 18, and Joined Army of the Potomac on battlefield of Antietam, Md. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.
SERVICE.--Duty at Hagerstown, Md., and guard duty at Dam No. 5 until October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 11-15. Cover laying of pontoons December 11. Bowling Green Road December 11 in support of Weirs' Maryland Battery. Duty near White Oak Church and constructing corduroy road below Fredericksburg until April, 1863. "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. Mustered out at Trenton, N. J., June 19, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 20 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 30 Enlisted men by disease. Total 52.
TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT. VOLUNTEERS. | MUSTERED IN. | GAINED. | Total Strength. | CASUALTIES. | Total. | |||||||||||||||||
Officers. | Enlisted Men. | Officers. | Enlisted Men. | MUSTERED OUT. | COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. | ENLISTED MEN. | ||||||||||||||||
Officers. | Enlisted Men. | Resigned. | Discharged. | Promoted | Transferred. | Died. | Deserted. | Dismissed. | Not accounted for. | Discharged. | Transferred. | Promoted. | Died. | Deserted. | Not accounted for. | |||||||
Field and Staff | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||||
Company " A | 3 | 96 | 99 | 3 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 99 | ||||||||||||
" B | 3 | 99 | 102 | 3 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 102 | ||||||||||||
" C | 3 | 97 | 100 | 2 | 93 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100 | |||||||||||||
" D | 3 | 97 | 1 | 101 | 2 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 101 | |||||||||||
" E | 3 | 98 | 101 | 2 | 84 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 101 | |||||||||||
" F | 3 | 98 | 101 | 3 | 86 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 101 | |||||||||||||
" G | 3 | 97 | 1 | 101 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 101 | |||||||||||
" H | 3 | 101 | 1 | 105 | 3 | 85 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 105 | |||||||||
" I | 3 | 81 | 84 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 84 | ||||||||||||
" K | 3 | 92 | 1 | 96 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 96 | ||||||||||
Total | 38 | 960 | 5 | 1 | 1004 | 33 | 831 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 44 | 1 | 1004 |
Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Volume I. Compiled in the Office of the Adjutant General. Published by Authority of the Legislature. William S. Stryker, Adjutant General. Trenton, New Jersey, John L. Murphy, Steam Book and Job Printer, 1876.