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Archival and Secondary Sources for the 12th New Jersey Infantry

• To Gettysburg and beyond : the Twelfth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, 1862-1865 by Edward G Longacre (Book)
• While my country is in danger : the life and letters of Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Thompson, Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers by Gerry Harder Poriss (Book)
• Diary of Richard S. Thompson, 12th New Jersey
• 12th New Jersey Volunteers, 1862-65 by Frederick W Jago (Book)
• History of the men of Co. F, with description of the marches and battles of the 12th New Jersey Vols. by Wm. P Haines
• Joseph B. Husted diary, University of Michigan.
• Stratton, James S., Civil War Papers, Virginia and Trenton, NJ, 1863-1864, reflecting service as an officer in the 12th New Jersey Infantry. Rutgers University.
• Buck, Alfred H., Civil War journal, 1862-1864, Rutgers University.
• Capt. George Bowen Civil War papers, 1862-1865, Salem County Historical Society, Salem, N.J.
• Smith, David V. M. (1823-1863) - Collection of David V. Smith, D company, 12th regiment, New Jersey, infantry. Gilder Lehrman Collection GLC04189
• Letter from J. Frank Brown, Quartermaster, headquarters of the 12th NJ Regiment, to Capt. E.L. Stratton of Co. [I], regarding a special order from Col. Johnson on the size of the camp, dated September 27th, 1862. Gloucester (NJ) County Historical Society
• Copy of a letter from Lieutenant Benjamin F. VanMeter, Co. H of the 12th NJ Regiment, to Rev. J.[E] Morell, with an account of important events the 12th NJ Regiment was involved in from May 3rd, 1862 to November 9th, 1864. Gloucester (NJ) County Historical Society
• Letter from Thomas J. Sprou[?] to Captain George Bow[en] containing assorted reminisces of Thomas’s experiences in the 12th NJ Regiment starting with his enlistment in 1862, dated November 18th, 1904. Gloucester (NJ) County Historical Society
• https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/NJSArchivesCatalogDetail.aspx?SeriesNo=SDEA4019, NJ Archives, Regimental Records
• The patriot. (Trenton, N.J.) 1861-1862, Division of Arch & Records Mgt, Trenton, NJ, 1862:5:30-10:29.
• The Constitution, and farmers' and mechanics' advertiser. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1834-1945, Woodbury, N.J. (1834-1945). <1862:9:23>, <1864:2:23-1867:12:18> Division of Arch & Records Mgt, Trenton, NJ.
• Kiger, James S. (fl. 1859-1873) [Collection of James S. Kiger, A company, 12th regiment, New Jersey, infantry]
• Gamble, Charles W. Letters Home from Civil War Soldier Charles Gamble, 1862-1864. [Compiled by Mark Flinchpaugh] St. Joseph, ME: J.L. Flinchpaugh, 2011. 125 p. E521.5.12thG36.
• Johnson, Paul S. “12th New Jersey War Map.” North South Trader’s Civil War (Vol. 30, no. 2 (2004): pp. 22-24. Per. (Map carried by SGT Samuel Mattson, Co. B.)

Lader, Paul J. “The Personal Journey of Pvt. David Ballinger, Company H, 12th New Jersey Volunteers.” Gettysburg Magazine No. 23: pp. 76-103. E475.53.G482no23.