Excerpt from Annual Report of the Adjutant-General: Of the State of New Jersey 1862 To His Excellency Charles S. Olden, Governor, Commander-in-Chief, &c., &c. Being required by law to report "all proceedings relative to the details of the military force ordered by the Commander-in-Chief upon requisition of the President of the United States," together with "the general state of the militia, as also any improvements to advance the discipline and benefit of the militia," I beg leave to submit the following report of military transactions through this department during the past year. Under the system adopted on the reorganization of the department since the date of my last report, the duties may be classed under three heads: - 1. The organization of troops for the United States service, and the duties connected with them while they continue in such service. 2. Those connected with the State bounty provided by the Legislature for the families of volunteers. 3. Those connected with the militia in the State; Each differing widely from the others, and all of much importance. In this connection I beg leave to report that the valuable services of the assistants at present engaged in this office is worthy of mention. The unremitting zeal and energy with which they have performed the arduous and varied duties imposed upon them, working at times night and day in order to accelerate the business of the office, meets my warmest approbation. The regiments raised under calls made upon the State in the year 1861, the organization of which was given at length in my last report, still continue in the service of the United States. Engaged in all the severest battles of the war in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, they have won for themselves imperishable renown, and reflected credit upon their native State. But the records on file in this office show that their ranks have been greatly thinned by disease and death, while many valuable and meritorious officers have fallen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.