Morris County - Morris Twp - The 5th New Jersey Regiment at The Battle of Gettysburg
Thursday, February 27 - Morris County 7:14 p.m. NORTH JERSEY CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE presents Historian and Author JOHN HAYWARD The 5 th New Jersey Regiment at The Battle of Gettysburg The 5th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was one of four regiments formed by Governor Charles Olden upon the requisition of President Abraham Lincoln on July 24, 1861. Fighting in battle on the eastern front, from the siege of Yorktown, the Seven Days Battles, Chancellorsville, the Second Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Gettysburg the regiment was then commanded by Col. William J. Sewell, who was wounded on July 2nd. Sewell was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chancellorsville in May two months before Gettysburg and went on to become a State and U.S. Senator. Capt. Henry H. Woolsey took command for the rest of the battle, even though he was slightly wounded on July 2nd. The 5th brought 221 men to the field and lost 1...