NJ Civil War Flags on Display
NJ State Museum Main Building, 205 West State Street, Trenton
New Jersey contributed over 80,000 men to the Civil War and the New Jersey State Museum
has over 100 flags carried by New Jersey's troops in the war in its collection.
The flags on display are some of the most distinctive in the collection, and they have not been
on display for several years. These flags include:
•
9th New Jersey Infantry National Colors
•
30th New Jersey Infantry National Colors
•
37th New Jersey Infantry Regimental Colors
•
Clark's Battery B, most noted NJ Artillery Unit in the War
•
2nd New Jersey Brigade Headquarters
Each flag has it's own amazing story to tell.
Organized by the New Jersey State Museum and the New Jersey Civil War Heritage
Association, the unveiling event will feature an educational gallery walk by flag historian Dr.
David Martin, author of the award-winning New Jersey at Gettysburg Guidebook. Dr. Martin is
currently preparing a detailed history of the State's Civil War flags for publication.
The gallery is newly installed on the first floor of the main museum building, having been
moved from its former location at 225 West State Street in 2017. It also features a rotating
exhibition including Civil War related photographs, sculptures and related memorabilia,
prepared by Nicholas Ciotola, Curator of Cultural History at the New Jersey State Museum,
with the aid of members of the New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association.
These flags will be shown until late June 2019, when a new group of flags will be put on
display.
For more information and details about these specific flags
contact David G. Martin at dmartin@peddie.org
NJCWHA Annual Meeting
Saturday, March 30th - 10am
National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey, Sea Girt, NJ
Featuring
Author Scott Mingus
on
The 2nd Day at Gettysburg & New Jersey’s Role
Free and Opened to the Public
Scott
Mingus
is
a
veteran
author
having
written
over
twenty
Civil
War
and
Underground
Railroad
books,
including
“The
Second
Day
at
Gettysburg:
Attack
and
Defense
of
Cemetery
Ridge,
July
2nd 1863,”
coauthored with David L Schutz.
His
biography
of
General
William
“Extra
Billy”
Smith
won
multiple
awards,
including
the
Dr.
James
I.
Robertson,
Jr.
Literary
Prize
for
Confederate
History.
He
has
also
written
several
articles
for
Gettysburg
Magazine
,
as
well as for various historical journals.
Scott
and
his
wife
Debi
live
in
York,
Pa.,
and
for
more
than
a
decade
he
was
written
a
blog
on
the
Civil
War
history
of
York
County
(
www.yorkblog.com/cannonball
).
He
received
the
2013
Heritage
Profile
Award
from
the
York
County
History
Center
for
his
contributions
to
local
Civil
War
history.
He
also
has
written
six
scenario
books
for
Civil
War
miniature
wargaming.
His
great-great-grandfather
was
a
15-year-old
drummer
and
rifleman
in
the
51st
Ohio
Infantry
in
the
Western
Theater,
and
other
family
members
fought
at
Antietam
and
Gettysburg
in
the
7th
West
Virginia.
The
venue,
the
National
Guard
Militia
Museum
of
New
Jersey’s
mission
is
to
preserve
and
explain
the
military
heritage
of
New
Jersey
and
enhance
public
understanding
of
how
armed
conflicts
and
military
institutions
have
shaped
our
state
and
national
experience.
The
museum
collects,
preserves
and
displays
artifacts,
documents
and
memorabilia
that
have
specific
historical
significance
to
the
Army
National
Guard,
the
Air
National
Guard
and
the
Naval
Militia
of
New
Jersey.
The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey is located on the National
Guard Training Center Sea Girt Avenue & Camp Drive, Sea Girt, NJ 08750. (click
link for directions)
Stay Tuned!
The Actions at Rural Plains
The Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
June 1
st
& 2
nd,
2019
with Set Up, May 31st for reenactors and living historians
10th Annual Event at Allaire State Park, Farmingdale, NJ
Contact Tom Burke for more info at
TomBurke@NJCivilWar.com
