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This web page is dedicated to the
memory of my two great-grandfathers, and the men they served with in the 12th
Regiment NJ Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. |
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GEORGE H. RHUBART George H. Rhubart was born 26
Mar 1845 in Hanover, Burlington County, New Jersey and died 25 Mar 1919 in
Fieldsboro, Burlington County, New Jersey.
Jersey. They were married by
Rev. William Walton according to the church record kept at 1st Trinity M E
Church, Bordentown NJ and the Civil Record recorded at the County Seat. George was the son of
William Rhubart and Hannah Brown. George H. Rhubart enlisted on 14 Aug 1862
as a Private at Columbus (Woodbury) NJ. George was assigned to Company B,
12th Infantry Regiment NJ Volunteers with Capt Charles D. Lippencott,
Commanding. According to his enlistment papers he was described as having
grey eyes, brown hair, dark complexion and was 5' 3" tall. Some particulars of George’s military
service are: He mustered in on 4 Sep 1862; Wounded on 03 July 1863 in
Gettysburg, PA [could have been during Pickett's Charge.] Promoted to
Full Corporal on 01 September 1864; Mustered out at Washington, D. C.,
July 15, 1865. George was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, 2nd Corp, 3rd Div, 2nd
Brigade, 12th Inf Regiment, Co. B from Jan 1863 - Mar 1864 Army of the
Potomac, 2nd Corp, 2nd Div, 3rd Brigade, 12th Inf Regiment Co. B from Mar
1864 - Jul 1865. After the
war George was able to keep his army weapon, an 1835 Springfield rifle. He was also a member of the G.A.R. |
SAMUEL
PLATT Samuel Platt was born in 1820 in Columbus, Burlington
County, New Jersey and died 3 Jul 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg and is
buried in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
again to a Samuel
Whitehouse and is buried in the Bordentown Cemetery under the name Martha
Whitehouse. Samuel enlisted as a Private on 14 August
1862 in Woodbury, Burlington Co., NJ. for the term of 3 years or the duration
of the war. Samuel was assigned to
Company B, 12th Infantry Regiment New Jersey on 4 September 1862. According
to Samuel's enlistment papers he was described as having blue eyes, brown
hair, dark complexion, and was 5' 6" tall. Assigned to the Army of the
Potomac, 2nd Corp, 3rd Div, 2nd Brigade, 12th Inf Regiment, Company B. Killed in Action at the battle of
Gettysburg and is buried in the National Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA. Section A,
Plot 10. Apparently, Samuel must have been a sort
of mentor and friend to George Rhubart since both served together in the same
company, and George, who survived the war, came home and married Samuel's
daughter Sarah. |
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Regimental History
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12th
Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry (1862 – 1865) “Buck
and Ball Regiment” 1862 The 12th New Jersey
Volunteer Infantry was organized at Camp Stockton, located near Woodbury, in
southern New Jersey. The unit was
officially mustered into service on September 4, 1862. Whereupon it departed New Jersey in route
to Baltimore, Maryland on September 7, 1862.
Upon arrival in Maryland it was attached to the military command
responsible for the defense of Baltimore which consisted of guard duty at
Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland between September 8-December 10, 1862. The regiment moved to Washington, D. C.,
December 10, where it became a part of the Army of the Potomac December
13-17, reporting at Falmouth, Virginia on December 20, 1862. 1863 12th New
Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment remained on duty at Falmouth until April
27, 1863. In the spring of 1863 it
was assigned to the 3rd Division of the 2nd Corps of
the Army of the Potomac and was the only New Jersey Regiment in that
Corps. Its baptism by fire came during
the Chancellorsville
Campaign, April 27-May 6. The unit was
actively engaged in the Battle of Chancellorsville
from May 1-5, where Robert E. Lee’s military skills trumped superior forces
of Federal troops resulting in a significant Confederate victory.
During the battle, the 12th suffered a loss of 179 killed, wounded
or missing. Their next major engagement was in the Gettysburg
Campaign conducted between June 11-July 24. They fought during the entire
Battle of Gettysburg.
July 1-3, 1863, where, on the second day, several companies from the 12th
dislodged Confederate solders from a farmhouse on the front lines capturing
confederate officers and some eighty troops.
On the third day of the battle the 12th was actively
engaged in the repulse of Pickett’s Charge, which ended the battle.
After this climatic engagement the 12th New Jersey Regiment was
one of the units that pursued Lee’s army to Manassas Gap
from July 5-24. Subsequent to this
they were assigned duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad till September
12. The 12th was then ordered
to advance from the Rappahannock River to the Rapidan River from September
13-17. They remained on picket duty
at the Rapidan till October. The
regiment took a part in the Bristoe Campaign between October 9-22 and saw
action at Auburn
and Bristoe
on October 14. Following they
advanced to the line of the Rappahannock on November 7-8. The remainder of the year they participated
in the Mine Run
Campaign between November 26-December 2 where it was actively engaged at Mine Run
between November 28-30. 1864 During the early months
of 1864 the 12th New Jersey Regiment encamped at Stevensburg where
it remained until May, 1864. During this time it was part of the
demonstration on the Rapidan
February 6-7 as well as at Morton’s Ford
during the same time period. From
May-June 1864 the 12th fought in a series of battles known as
Grant’s Overland Campaign, which enabled the Union to mount the Siege of
Petersburg from June 9, 1864, to the end of the year. 1865 After
March 25, 1865 the regiment was engaged in the Appomattox Campaign in which
Union troops pursued the retreating Confederate Army, culminating in the
surrender at Appomattox (April 12, 1865) at which the 12th was
also present. |
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1862 Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-Jun 15. 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville
May 1-5 Battle of Gettysburg.
July 1-3 Manassas Gap
July 5-24 Auburn
October 14 Bristoe
October 14 Mine Run
November 28-30 1864 Battles of the Wilderness
May 5-7 Laurel Hill May 8 Spottsylvania May 8-12 Po River May
10 Spottsylvania Court
House May 12-21 Assault on the Salient, “Bloody Angle,”
May 12 North Anna
River May 23-26 On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28 Totopotomoy
May 28-31 Cold Harbor
June 1-12 |
1864 (continued) Before Petersburg
June 16-18 Siege of Petersburg
June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865 Jerusalem Plank Road
June 22-23,1864 Demonstration north of the James July 27-29 Deep Bottom
July 27-28 Demonstration north of the James August 13-20 Deep Bottom,
August 14-18 Ream’s Station
August 25 Boydton Plank Road,
Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28 1865 Dabney’s Mills,
Hatcher’s
Run, February 5-7 Watkins House March 25 Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9 Boydton and White Oak Roads
March 30-31 Fall of Petersburg
April 2 Pursuit of Lee April 3-9 Sailor’s Creek
April 6 High Bridge, Farmville,
April 7 Appomattox Court House
April 9. |
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The following is a
listing of the documentation we’ve collected
regarding the wartime record of
this military unit, and the persons who served therein. |
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· Camp Stockton – plaque ·
Monument to Camp Stockton -GCHS Bulletin, Mar 2006 · Gettysburg -12th NJ, battle position · Bliss Farm Monument at Gettysburg · 12the NJ Regiment Monument at Gettysburg · Gettysburg National Cemetery – Platt Marker |
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SOURCES: ·
New Jersey Troops in the Gettysburg
Campaign from June 5 to July 31, 1863. by Samuel Toombs, Longstreet House
1988. ·
Over a Wide, Hot,… Crimson Plain, The Struggle
for the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg July 2nd and 3rd, 1863
by Elwood W. Christ, Baltimore Butternut and Blue 1994.
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The 12th
NJ Volunteer Regiment has been selected as a model regiment in new Pilot
Project to better
preserve these types of records so that the public may have easy access to
them for research, scanning for web display, exhibitions, and other
purposes. This effort is
currently underway in a joint project between the New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association (NJCWHA)
and the New Jersey State Archives. Follow this link
for more information: |
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12th Regiment
Monument at Gettysburg, PA |
Plaque on Regiment monument
depicting the assault on the Bliss Barn July 2, 1863. |
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