The 9th New Jersey Volunteers were formed at Elizabeth, NJ in 1861. My gggrandfather, John Peter RITTER was one of the founders. At the age of 44 he went off to war and spent many months in the swamps of North Carolina, with resulting dysentery, etc. There is an interesting history of the unit written by a swash- buckling type who formed the New Jersey Guauves (not exactly the word or spelling I want but someone will correct me. Ruth [email protected] aug.com At 01:45 04/10/2000 , [email protected] wrote: >There were Union County men in Co. A of the 2nd Reg't, NJ Vols, including >my ancestor William J. Cree. Also other companies in that regiment. I'm >sure there were others as well. > >Gary > >On Sun, 9 Apr 2000 09:50:14 -0700 (PDT) [email protected] >writes: > >Does anyone know of a civil war company from Union County. I would > >appreciate any information. >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Joe & Ruth Ryan