CDV – 1st New Jersey Cavalryman #3 In Slouch Hat – SOLD

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CDV – 1st New Jersey Cavalryman #3 In Slouch Hat.

Another similar image as three others listed currently on site.  This is taken from a family album from Newton, NJ, and Philadelphia areas. It is signed on the reverse, but nearly impossible to read but a few letters.

Organized at Trenton, N. J, under authority of the War Department August 14, 1861, as Halsted’s Cavalry. Left State for Washington, D.C.; four Companies August 24 and six Companies August 31, 1861. Attached to Heintzelman’s Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Wadsworth’s Command, Military District of Washington, to May, 1862. Bayard’s Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Bayard’s Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Bayard’s Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division. Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, to May, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. of Washington, to July, 1865.

Engagements:  (some) Cedar Mountain, Brandy Station, Aldie, Chancellorsville, Mine Run, Todd’s Tavern, Spottsylvania, Hawes Shop, Trevillion Station, Deep Bottom Run, Hatcher’s Run, Petersburg, Sailor’s Creek, Appomattox CH.

No back mark.

Very good condition with light soiling and slightly rounded corners.