Thirty-fourth Regiment – Infantry – Volunteers.

The Thirty-fourth Regiment was organized under the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July 22, 1861, and under instructions and authority received by the Governor, dated War Department. Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., June 30, 1863, as set forth in General Orders No. 4, dated Adjutant General’s Office, Trenton, N. J., July 11, 1863. The organization was to be effected under the requirements of existing orders governing the enrollment of troops, and of General Orders No. 191 (current series), War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., June 25, 1863, and in conformity with General Orders No. 110 (current series), War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., April 29, 1863. The organization of the Regiment was immediately commenced, and the authority to raise Companies was issued to individuals in different parts of the State. The Headquarters of the Regiment was established at Beverly, N. J., and so remained until the 3d of October, 1863, when under instructions from the Adjutant General’s Office, Trenton, dated September 30, 1863, the command was transferred to Camp Parker, near Trenton, at which place it remained until fully completed. As soon as the Companies were raised they reported at Camp and were immediately mustered into the service of the United States for three years, or during the war. Company A was mustered in September 3; Company C, September 21, and Company G, September 23, 1863, at Beverly, N. J., by Wm. Hudson Lawrence, Captain Fourteenth Infantry, United States Army; Company B, October 15; Company D, October 6; Company E, October 26; Company F, October 8; Company H, October 6; Company I, October 20; Company K, and Field and Staff, November 9, 1863, at Camp Parker, near Trenton, N. J., by Samuel Canby, First Lieutenant Fourth Artillery, United States Army. Under the same authority by which this Regiment was organized, the Thirty-seventh Regiment Infantry was commenced, but failed. The enlisted men for that Regiment were assigned to and joined this Regiment. The Regiment was fully organized and completed by the 9th day of November, 1863, having a full complement of men. Officers, 35; Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, 830. Total, 865. It left the State November 16, 1863, and under orders from the War Department proceeded to Eastport, Miss., having been assigned for duty in the West. It then became a part of the Army of the Cumberland, and at once entered upon an active and varied career. It was then assigned to the Sixteenth Army Corps. At different times during the years 1864 and 1865 the strength of the Regiment was increased by the joining from Draft Rendezvous, Trenton, N. J., of large numbers of Recruits. The Regiment remained in this vicinity until February, 1865, when, in connection with other troops, proceeded to New Orleans, to join an expedition against Mobile, Ala. The Regiment continued its organization and remained in active service for one year after the close of the War, having been retained in this Department by order of the Government, and was employed at Provost and other duties. The enlisted men entitled to discharge under the provisions of General Orders No. 77, War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., April 28, 1865, were mustered out June 6, 1865, at Montgomery, Ala., under the provisions of General Orders No. 64, dated Headquarters Military Division West Mississippi, New Orleans, La., May 31, 1865. The Regiment was mustered out of service at Selma, Ala., April 30th, 1866, by Eli H. Hosmer, First Lieutenant Eighty-first Regiment United States Colored Infantry, Assistant Commissary of Musters, in obedience to General Orders No. 21. Department of Alabama, April 9, 1866. It then returned to New Jersey, arriving at Trenton in due time, and was soon after disbanded, being the last Regiment from the State to quit the service of the United States upon the conclusion of the War.

The Regiment was first attached to a Provisional Brigade, Army of the Cumberland; then to the First Brigade, First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps; then to the Third Brigade, First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps.

The Regiment took part in the following engagements: Columbus, Ky., April 13, ’64; Hickman, Ky., June 10, ’64; Clinton, Ky., July 10, ’64; Mayfield, Ky., Sept. 1, ’64; Paris Landing, Ky., Oct. 31, ’64; Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 27, ’64; Fort Hugar, Mobile, Ala., April 2, ’65; Spanish Fort, Mobile, Ala., April 3 and 4, ’65; Fort Blakeley, Mobile, Ala., April 5 to 9, ’65.

Field and Staff, Thirty-fourth Regiment.

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