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  History of the New Jersey Department

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

A Brief History  1883 through 1983

                                                                                                                       Written by Albert W. Lambert, PDC, Dayton Camp #5

Listing of Camps in New Jersey (past & present*)

Camp #                        Camp Name                                   Location

1                                 Christian Woerner                            Hoboken

2                                 Abraham Lincoln                             Elizabeth

3                                 Colonel Paul                                    Belvidere

3                                 Joseph Hooker                                 Newark

4*                               Gen. James A. Garfield                     Trenton     

4                                 Robert Leslie                                    Newark

5                                 Fred V. Dayton                                Trenton   

6                                 Thomas Robinson                            Keyport      

6                                 Chaplain Wm. T. Abbott                  Neptune

6                                 Maj. Peter Vredenburg                    Freehold

7                                Grand Army of the Republic             Perth Amboy

7*                              Col. Louis R. Francine                      Hammonton

8                                Hugh C. Irish                                    Paterson

9                                John Foran                                       Flemington

9                                William Pierson                                 Bloomfield

10                               Lieut. C. W. Arnett                          Lambertville

10*                             Gen. Nathan Lyon                           Vineland

11                               Col. H. H. Janeway                         Atlantic City

12                               John J.H. Love  (Montclair)             Bloomfield

13                               Phil Sheridan                                   Bayonne

14                               Uzal Dodd                                      Orange

14                               Col. Edward B. Fowler                   Bridgeton (Ended 2000)

15                               John F. Pratt                                   East Orange

15                               Toms River                                     Toms River

16                               Samuel T. Sleeper                           Red Bank

17                               Admiral Farragut                             Gloucester

17*                            Gen. George A. Custer                    Hightstown

18                               Marcus L. Ward                             Newark

19                               William T. Sherman                         Jersey City

20                               Phil Kearny                                     New Brunswick

21                               Carlstadt                                         Carlstadt

21                               R. A. Donnelly                                 Trenton

22                               William j. Sewell                              Trenton

23                               Henry M. Nevius                              Hopewell

24                               U. S. Grant                                       Madison

25                               James B. Morris                               Long Branch

25                               Walter H. Blake                               Vineland   

26                               James McDavitt                                Dover

27                               Parker Grubb                                   Burlington

 ?                                William B. Cushing                            Butler

28                               J. F. Reynolds                                  Washington

29                               Gen. George G. Meade                    Bellville

30                               James Pringle                                    Fort Lee

31                               Charles F. Hopkins                           Boonton                  

32                               Col. Ellsworth                                   Union City     

33                               Lieut. E. H. Green                             Penns Grove

34                               William F. Barry                                Rahway

35                               Thomas G. O. MacQuaide                Livingston

36                               Maj. William McKinley                     Cape May

37                               Larner Tice                                       Millville  

37                               George B. McClellan                        Orange

38                               William B. Hatch                               Camden

39                               A. L. Robeson                                  Bridgeton

40                               Capt. Joseph l. Crowell                     Perth Amboy

41                               New Brunswick                                New Brunswick

42                               Capt. Isaac Inslee                             Woodbridge

43                               Col. Hugh b. Reed                            Somerville

45                               Gen. Joe Hooker                               Mount Holly

46                               George B. McClellan                        Bayonne

47                               Gen. Arthur MacArthur                     Elizabeth

72                               Col. DeWitt Clinton Baxter               Millville (Ended 1995)

100*                           Abraham Lincoln                                The State Camp

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