28th
REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Organized at Freehold and mustered in September
15, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., October 2, 1862. Attached to
Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, October to
December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,
to June, 1863. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., October 3 to December
1, 1862. March to Falmouth, Va., December 1-9. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.,
December 12-15. At Falmouth, Va., till April 27, 1863. Chancellorsville
Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Mustered out July
6, 1863.
Regiment lost during
service 51 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 31
Enlisted men by disease. Total 84.