

Only alphanumeric characters or special charcters are allowed.Some Compiled Military Service Records are available on Fold3. * Invalid special character(s) were enterd. Please read the instructions on the shopping cart page and order form carefully.Click " Check Out" or " View Cart" and follow the payment instructions to order copies.Click the " Back to Main Page" button to return to the list of searchable databases and records request forms.Selected records are added to the shopping cart at the bottom of the page.To order a search of regimental records, click " Select" next to the record.To sort the search results click on the header of each column. For example, the surname "Smith" may be searched to include the variant "Smyth" by entering "Sm*th" in last name field. To search a string within a name, use the wildcard character * followed by the string. Results are limited to 500 records per search.Įntering the initial letter or string of letters into the name fields will return all records beginning with that letter or string. These include: New Jersey militia New Jersey infantry and cavalry regiments New Jersey artillery batteries and a limited number of United States Colored Troops regimental records. Research and copy services are provided from regimental records only. The Archives provides no reference services for these records. Entries marked "Not Available" are included for reference only (for New Jersey men who served in federal or other state's units). Within the results you can click "page" to see the soldier's name in Stryker's book click "description of regiment," when it is available, to see the regimental description in Stryker's book or click select, when records are marked "Available at the Archives," to order service records. This database may be searched by any combination of first name, llast name, regiment, service, and/or company. See also, the Civil War Treasury Vouchers database for additional documentation of soldiers' and survivors' pay, wartime procurements, and subsistence pay to families.įor additional holdings in other Civil War Collections at the Archives see: Civil War Collections catalog page. 9 (April 6, 1871), which initiated the process of gathering the Civil War records and Stryker's Report of the Adjutant General (July 4, 1876), which details the evolution and completion of the project.įor information about ongoing efforts to preserve and maintain the Civil War collections at the New Jersey State Archives, see Civil War Grant Project. The volumes also include an account of how Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War was compiled, including: Joint Resolution No.

The New Jersey State Archives gratefully acknowledges the State Library for presenting this valuable resource to the public, and for permitting the Archives to link our database to their web pages. The electronic version is hosted on the website of the New Jersey State Library. 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. Entries link to an electronic version of Adjutant General William S. This database indexes 82,467 names of New Jersey men who served during the United States Civil War.
