CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN 29th NEW JERSEY INFANTRY LETTER SIGNED ALS/FREEHOLD REGIMENT

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CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN 29th NEW JERSEY INFANTRY LETTER SIGNED ALS/FREEHOLD REGIMENT :
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Jeremiah V. Spader

Civil War Captain of the 29th New Jersey Infantry. Spader enlisted on Sept 3, 1862 as a Captain in “I” Co., and was mustered out on June 30, 1863 at Freehold, NJ. Source: Register of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War 1861-65

HERE’S AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by SPADER – 1p., dated at Chicago, Dec. 6, 1892 to NOTED 19th CENTURY RED BANK, NEW JERSEY ATTORNEY, SENATOR, AND CIVIL WAR AUTHOR, JOHN S. APPLEGATE.

NOTE: This letter came out of the John S. Applegate Red Bank, NJ Estate. John Applegate was a prominent State Senator and notable 19th century lawyer who did much legal work in connection with the Railroads and telegraph Companies. He worked with Civil War General T. T. Eckert in railroad/telegraph company litigation. He also wrote a rare book about his friend Colonel Arrowsmith who was killed in action at Gettysburg in 1893 Titled: “REMINISCENCES AND LETTERS OF GEORGE ARROWSMITH OF NEW JERSEY, LATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS”

The letter measures 8 ½” x 11” and is in very good condition, and boldly executed and signed by Spader!

History of the NEW JERSEY
29TH INFANTRY
(9 MONTHS)

Twenty-ninth Infantry.-Cols., Edwin F. Applegate, William

R. Taylor; Lieut.-Col., Joseph K Davison; Maj., Joseph T.

Field. This regiment was raised in Monmouth county and

rendezvoused at Camp Vredenburg, located on the old battle-

ground near Freehold. It was mustered into the service on

Sept. 20, 1862, and left for Washington on the 28th, with 39

officers and 866 enlisted men. Reaching Washington on the

30th, it went into camp on East Capitol hill, where it was

permanently brigaded with the 21st, 24th and 31st N. J.

regiments, under command of Col. Robertson of the 24th. Cos.

A, F, D and I patroled the city of Fredericksburg while the

conflict raged along the slopes, and remained on that duty

until the stormy night of Dec. 15, when they were the last to

withdraw, crossing upon the upper pontoons under a fierce

cannonade from the enemy, which, however, did not inflict a

single casualty. The division of which the regiment formed a

part held an important position in the early days of the

Chancellorsville campaign without drawing on a serious

engagement, though picket firing was steadily maintained, and

having accomplished its purpose in diverting the enemy\'s

attention from the right of Hooker\'s army recrossed the

Rappahannock on May 2 under a heavy fire from the Confederate

batteries, the regiment losing 7 men killed or wounded. The

term of service having expired, the regiment marched with the

brigade to Washington, while the remainder of the army pushed

on to overtake and vanquish Lee in his northward movement.

Leaving the capital on June 17, it reached Freehold two days

afterward, where it was mustered out on the 28th. The total

strength of the regiment was 958, and it lost during its term

of service by resignation 4, by discharge 63, by promotion 6,

by transfer 3, by death 40, by desertion 17, mustered out 825.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 3

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