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 Adjutant General 
 
 IN REFERENCE TO THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS OF NEW 
 
 JERSEY SERVING IN REGIMENTS OF OTHER 
 
 STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR 
 
 OF 1861-65. 
 
 TO THE SENATE OF NEW JERSEY. 
 
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REPORT 
 
 OF 
 
 Adjutant General 
 
 IN REFERENCE TO THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS OF NEW 
 
 JERSEY SERVING IN REGIMENTS OF OTHER 
 
 STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR 
 
 OF 1861-65. 
 
 TO THE SENATE OF NEW JERSEY. 
 
 TUENTON, N. J., 
 John L. Murphy, Book and Job Printer. 
 
 1880. 
 
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 REP^ORT. 
 
 State of New Jersey, ] 
 
 Office of Adjutant General, > 
 
 Trenton, February 24th, 1880. J 
 
 Hon. William H. Francis, Chairman of Committee on Claims and 
 Pensions, Senate of New Jersey ; 
 
 Sir : — By direction of the Senate, Senate Bills Nos. 57 and 59, 
 and Assembly Bills Nos. 71 and 84 have been referred to you for a 
 statement as to the number of men, who were citizens of New Jer- 
 sey, who performed military service in the regiments of other States 
 during the civil war, 1861-65, were not credited upon the quota of 
 our State, and hence did not become entitled to or receive State pay. 
 
 At your request, I reply that the records of this office show that 
 the following organizations of other States were recruited in this 
 State : 
 
 Company I, 11th Reg. Penn. Cavalry, 
 
 Company H, 2d Reg. Penn. Heavy Artillery, 
 
 Company H, 47th Reg. New York Infantry, 
 
 Companies D and H, 48th Reg. New York Infantry, 
 
 Companies E and H, 1st Reg. New York Engineers, 
 
 Bramhall's New York Battery, 
 
 Company A, 20th Reg. New York Infantry, 
 
 Companies A and B, 2d Reg. New York Cavalry, 
 
 Companies A, F, I and K, and one-half each of Companies B, G and 
 
 D, 70th Reg. New York Infantry — Excelsior Brigade, 
 Companies D, E and F, 71st Reg. New York Infantry — Excelsior 
 
 Brigade, 
 Company I, 72d Reg. New York Infantry — Excelsior Brigade, 
 Several small detachments for the Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 The three regiments of the Excelsior Brigade had 1,200 men of 
 this State in their ranks ; the Veteran Reserve Corps Detachment 
 about 100 men, and the eleven other companies mentioned, at least 
 800 men— in all, 2,100 soldiers. 
 
 I have the honor to be, yours, very truly, 
 
 WILLIAM S. STRYKER, 
 Adjutant General of Xeio Jersey. 
 
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