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New Jersey Military Records
See Also Researching in Military Records and Colonial & United States Wars From Earliest to 1865
Pre-World War I material on New Jersey's military activities is mostly found at the New Jersey State Archives, with later records at: New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, Eggert Crossing Road, CN-340, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0340.
Some material has been published, but there is little on the colonial period. For the Revolutionary period there is the Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, compiled by Adjutant General William S. Stryker. The state archives also has war damage claims filed by the British and Americans, 1776-82.
Revolutionary War in New Jersey
Search Revolutionary War 1775-83 Service Records
, Rejected Pensions, Loyalists Records, 1775-1783 Pay Rolls, Courts-Martial, Officers, Pension Index, 1841 Pensioner Census
Records of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Wars 1791-1815, compiled by the Adjutant General's Office mostly covers the War of 1812 period. Below is a list of online resources for New Jersey in the Revolutionary War.
- New Jersey Revolutionary War Books at Amazon.com
- Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 from the State of New Jersey (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83.
- Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War from the State of New Jersey (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83.
- Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files from the State of New Jersey
- Revolutionary War Prize Cases: Records of the Court of Appeal in Cases of Capture, 1776-1787 from the State of New Jersey (The National Archives): NARA M162. Records of prize cases heard on appeal from Colonial and state courts by the Continental Congress and the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture.
- New Jersey Pensioners, 1835: This database identifies thousands of New Jersey soldiers who were covered under various pension acts in the early 1800s.
Civil War in New Jersey
Search Civil War Soldiers, Service Records, Regiments, General Officers, Battle Summaries, Pension Index: 1861-1934, CSA Field Officers and the War of the Rebellion
The National Archives microfilm "Index to Compiled Service Record of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served...from New Jersey" is at the Northeast Region. The state archives also has indexes to the Spanish-American War and some other pre-World War I military service, as well as unindexed material on the War of 1812, Mexican War, Spanish-American War, the State Militia (1789-1947), and the National Guard (to about 1910). Modern military records are with the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs. Below is a list of online resources for New Jersey in the Civil War.
- New Jersey Civil War Books at Amazon.com
- Southern Claims - Barred and Disallowed from the State of New Jersey (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents In the 1870s, southerners claimed compensation from the U.S. government for items used by the Union Army, ranging from corn and horses, to trees and church buildings.
- Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900 from the State of New Jersey (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Pension applications for service in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served.
