Third Infantry.--Cols., George W. Taylor, Henry W. Brown; 
Lieut.-Cols., Mark W. Collett, James N. Duffy; Majs., James W. 
H. Stickney, William E. Bryan.  This regiment, raised under 
authority of General Orders No. 15 of May 4, 1861, was fully 
organized, equipped and officered by May 18, and on June 4 was 
duly mustered into the U. S. service for three years, at Camp 
Olden, Trenton.  It left the state on June 28, with a full 
complement of men--38 officers, 1,013 non-commissioned officers 
and privates, total, 1,051.  It was assigned to Gen. Kearny's 
brigade, with the 1st, 2nd and 4th N. J., composing the 1st New 
Jersey brigade.  Immediately after the first battle of Bull Run 
it joined the 1st and 2nd regiments near Alexandria, having 
been stationed at Fairfax during the engagement. It was among 
the first to come into direct collision with the pickets of the 
enemy and to suffer loss in its ranks from Confederate bullets 
at Munson's hill.  On March 9, 1862, the 2nd and 3d, with a 
squadron of the Lincoln cavalry, occupied Sangster's station, 
on the Orange & Alexandria railroad, the 4th acting as a 
support to the advance.  On the following day the brigade moved 
cautiously forward and at 10 o'clock in the morning entered the 
abandoned works at Manassas Junction--eight companies of the 3d 
being the first to take possession and hoist the regimental 
flag.  At West Point, Va., the brigade relieved the troops in 
advance on the evening of May 6, 1862, and the men lay on their 
arms in line of battle until daylight, when they were ordered 
forward, the 3d regiment being on the skirmish line.  At 
Gaines' mill the brigade was formed in two lines, the 3d and 
4th in front, and in that order advanced to the brow of a hill, 
where the 3d, under Lieut.-Col. Brown, was ordered into the 
woods to relieve Newton's brigade, which was sorely pressed by 
the enemy.  The gallant regiment stood its ground, opening a 
galling fire on the enemy and remaining in the woods until the 
close of the action, with a loss of 34 killed, 136 wounded and 
45 missing.  The regiment participated in the battles of 
Charles City cross-roads, Malvern hill, Manassas, Chantilly, 
Crampton's gap and Antietam, and also in the movement against 
Fredericksburg in December.  In the spring of 1863 the regiment 
took part in the movements of Hooker in the vicinity of 
Fredericksburg and fought at Salem church.  In the Gettysburg 
campaign the brigade, which prior to that movement had been in 
various apparently aimless marches in Virginia, was attached to 
Wright's division of the 6th corps.  Following the Gettysburg 
fight the regiment was engaged at Fairfield, Pa., Williamsport 
and Funkstown, Md., Rappahannock Station and Mine Run, Va.  
Col. Torbert being assigned to the command of a cavalry 
division, Col. Brown, of the 3d, temporarily took charge of the 
brigade, to which the 10th regiment was added before the grand 
advance under Grant.  In all the operations in the Wilderness 
the Jerseymen behaved with the greatest steadiness.  At the 
opening of the fight at Spottsylvania, after some playing at 
cross-purposes, the 3d and 15th regiments were advanced, the 
former under Capt. Dubois deployed as skirmishers, and the 
latter under Col. Campbell acting as a support.  On May 12, the 
brigade was massed for a charge--the 3d being in the second 
line-and pushed forward through the woods until within 100 
yards of the Confederate works.  In the first eleven days of 
Grant's campaign against Richmond the 3d regiment sustained the 
following losses: Killed 21, wounded 102, missing 33.  After 
fighting at the North Anna river, Hanover Court House, 
Totopotomoy creek and Cold Harbor, the 3d left the front on 
June 3 and reached the New Jersey state capital on the night of 
the 7th.  The men of the regiment who had reenlisted and those 
whose terms had not expired were at first transferred to the 
4th and 15th, but were subsequently consolidated into the 1st, 
2nd and 3d battalions, and with the 4th, 10th and 15th 
regiments, from that time forward until Feb., 1865, constituted 
the 1st brigade--the 40th regiment being added at the latter 
date.  The regiment then participated in the final operations 
of the war until the surrender of Lee, when it was assigned to 
what was known as the provisional corps, Army of the Potomac, 
and was mustered out at Hall's hill, Va., June 29, 1865.  The 
total strength of the regiment was 1,275 and it lost, by 
resignation 23, by discharge 383, by promotion 84, by transfer 
95, by death 213, by desertion 111,  by dismissal 4, not 
accounted for 3, leaving 359 that were mustered out.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 3