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Eighth New Jersey Infantry.
Second Jersey Brigade —
Humphreys's Division--Third Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | 1 | | 1 | | | | 20 |
| Company | A | | 16 | 16 | | 14 | 14 | 234 |
| | B | | 17 | 17 | | 9 | 9 | 249 |
| | C | 2 | 16 | 18 | | 15 | 15 | 245 |
| | D | | 17 | 17 | | 8 | 8 | 236 |
| | E | 2 | 18 | 20 | | 10 | 10 | 231 |
| | F | 1 | 17 | 18 | | 8 | 8 | 218 |
| | G | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 228 |
| | H | 1 | 18 | 19 | | 12 | 12 | 263 |
| | I | 1 | 17 | 18 | | 20 | 20 | 270 |
| | K | | 17 | 17 | | 5 | 5 | 213 |
| Totals | 9 | 167 | 176 | 1 | 109 | 110 | 2,407 |
Of the 889 originally enrolled, 127 were killed == 14.2 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 624; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 21.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Williamsburg, Va. | 42 | Petersburg, Va. (assault, 1864） | 7 |
| Fair Oaks, Va., June 16, 1862 | 1 | Petersburg Trenches, Va. | 4 |
| Glendale, Va. | 2 | Picket Line, Petersburg | 7 |
| Kettle Run, Va., Aug. 27, 1862 | 2 | Deep Bottom, Va. | 4 |
| Manassas, Va. | 10 | Boydton Road, Va. | 12 |
| Chancellorsville, Va. | 32 | Hatcher's Run, Va. | 20 |
| Gettysburg, Pa. | 12 | Armstrong House, Va., March 25, 1865 | 1 |
| Wilderness, Va. | 11 | Fall of Petersburg, Va. | 4 |
| Totopotomoy, Va. | 4 | Farmville, Va. | 1 |
Present, also, at
Yorktown;
Malvern Hill;
Chantilly;
Fredericksburg;
Kelly's Ford;
Mine Run;
Spotsylvania;
North Anna; Cold Harbor; Poplar Spring Church;
Amelia Springs;
Appomattox.
notes.--The above enrollment may give an erroneous idea of the size of the regiment.
Fully one-third were not enrolled until after the regiment was through its hardest fighting; they were conscripts, of whom over 400 deserted, most of them deserting before they joined the regiment, although their names went to swell the enrollment.
The Eighth left the
State October 1, 186, and joined the Second Jersey Brigade at
Meridian Hill,
Washington.
Having been assigned to
Hooker's Division it fought at
Williamsburg, where it lost 35 killed, 122 wounded, and 4 missing; total, 16;
Major Peter M. Ryerson was among the killed.
At
Chancellorsville, the division (
Berry's) took a prominent part, the
Jersey Brigade encountering there the severest fighting in its experience.
The Eighth lost in that battle, 18 killed, 10 wounded, and 6 missing, out of 268 muskets officially reported present.
Humphreys commanded
Hooker's old division at
Gettysburg, where the casualties of the regiment amounted to 7 killed, 38 wounded, and 2 missing, out of a small number engaged.
When the Third Corps was broken up, in March, 1864, the division was transferred to the Second Corps and
General Mott placed in command.
The regiment fought in all the succeeding battles of the Second Corps, earning laurels for itself and for its State.
At
Deep Bottom, August 16, 1864, it numbered only about 100 men; under the gallant
Ramsey it won official mention for its admirable bearing in that battle.
