Muster roll and morning reports, 1861-1864.

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Muster roll and morning reports, 1861-1864.

Muster roll, [1861], and daily morning reports, June 1861-April 1864, with supplementary documentation. The 101 muster roll entries, arranged in order by descending rank and thereunder alphabetically by surname, include an individual's name, rank (private if not specified), county and city or town of last residence (sometimes including a street address) and marital status (single, married or widowed). If an unmarried soldier had a widowed mother dependent upon him for support, or if a widowed man had children that were similarly dependent, that information is also noted. (Although the locale in which a widowed mother resided is sometimes given, names of the dependents are not.) The partly-printed morning reports, annotated with the company's current location ("station"), consist of daily numerical reports of troop strength, supplemented both by lists of persons with altered status during a month and by a company journal. Information in the morning reports includes the number of men (enumerated by rank) available for duty, on extra duty, on daily duty, sick and "in arrest" or confinement as attested to by both the first sergeant and by the company commander. The supplementary lists of persons note the names and ranks (often with relevant dates) of those on detached service, with extra duty (e.g., in the hospital department), with daily duty (e.g., as company cook), absent without leave, absent with leave, absent due to sickness and, when relevant, other statuses: arrested, transferred, appointed, demoted, promoted, deserted, gained (e.g., from missing in action or reenlistment), discharged (e.g., for disability), died, wounded in action, missing in action and killed in action. When present, entries in the company journal, which rarely consist of more than one line, primarily document the unit's movements. (These entries appear to be contemporary, but mention of the "first Battle of Bulls Run" in 1861 may suggest otherwise.)

Muster roll: 1 item.Morning reports: 1 v.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8331851

Rutgers University

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Wyckoff, Jacob D.

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Way, Alexander M.

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United States. Army. New Jersey Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Company G

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Company G, together with the rest of the 1st Infantry Regiment, was mustered at Camp Olden, Trenton, New Jersey, May 21, 1861; commanded by captains Alexander M. Way and (from August 1863) Jacob D. Wyckoff (1838-1864); consisted primarily of men from Central New Jersey, especially New Brunswick, Middlesex County; served chiefly in Virginia. From the description of Muster roll and morning reports, 1861-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85034734 ...