New Jersey During the Civil War by Rosalina Baumbach

Lake of Battles During the Civil War

rosalinabaumbach — 2024-01-04 13:16:28 UTC

NJ was mostly a unions state, while they were on the union line there were some people who were confederate, those people who believed in confederate had slaves. But since they were in the north they didn't have any battles or have any armies clash.

New Jersey was Involved in the War

rosalinabaumbach — 2024-01-04 13:21:18 UTC

Even though there were no battles in this state, they still played a significant in the war for example, they had factories to make guns, bullets, and other battles necessities for there team during the war. This helped with supplies towards the union, New Jersey was one of the few states that had factories to make supplies during the war.

Major Effects After the War

rosalinabaumbach — 2024-01-04 13:26:44 UTC

Before the war NJ had a population of around 670,000 and after the war the where down to a little over 600,000 this really shows how many people lost there lives during the war ad the outcome this state had with it

85,000 men from New Jersey

rosalinabaumbach — 2024-01-04 19:17:09 UTC

During the Civil War about 88,000 men were given directly to the Union Army, about 25,000 of those men joined the US army after the war. Those men were sent to The Battle of Gettysburg and they lost a little over 56% of their Out of these men 88,000 were sent to the union, during the war 67,500 were furnished 2,580 were killed, 2,400 died of disease, and 760 died of other causes

Genrals From New Jearsey

rosalinabaumbach — 2024-01-11 13:09:54 UTC

Samuel Cooper served as the most senior officer in the confederate army even tho he was based in New Jersey he still was pro slavery. He was the army's adjutant general and held that till 1861.

Major General Philip Kenny

rosalinabaumbach — 2024-01-12 13:22:25 UTC

This general was one of the most colorful lives of any other Civil War officer. He was born into a wealthy family and studies law, to then join the army. In 1851 he was settled in NJ, 1859 he took a break and joined back in 1860, and was given the title as a General of the 1st Command.