CDV – 1st New Jersey Cavalryman #1 – SOLD

Description

CDV – 1st New Jersey Cavalryman #1.

Posed in the same studio as the other 3 images from a family album from the Newton, NJ and Philadelphia areas. The image is signed on the back but most of the writing is too hard to read.

This trooper is armed with revolver and saber, and at his side is his forage cap with insignia on crown.

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.

Very good condition with some light blemishing and clipped corners.  No back mark.