15th New Jersey Infantry Regiment

Battle of Spotsylvania • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • The Armies

The monument at Spotsylvania to the 15th New Jersey Infantry Regiment is along the Bloody Angle walking trail, about 200 yards from the parking lot at Tour Stop 3 (see map and directions at bottom of page). The New Jersey monument is probably about 100 yards north of where the regiment made its charge. The monument was dedicated on May 12, 1909, the 45th anniversary of the battle. During the dedication the captured flag of the 14th Georgia was returned.

The 15th New Jersey was commanded by Colonel William H. Penrose, a civil engineer from Michigan. Penrose would take command of the brigade at Spotsylvania. The regiment is also honored on the New Jersey Brigade monument at Gettysburg and with a monument at Salem Church, Virginia.

6th Corps HQ flag Attached to the 6th Corps, 1st Division, 1st Brigade

Monument to the 15th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Spotsylvania

Text from the front of the monument:

1861-1865
15th Reg’t N.J. Vol’s.

Erected by the State of New Jersey
to mark the portion of the Confederate line held by the 14th Georgia
Regiment. and assaulted May 12, 1864, by the
15th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry,
commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Edward L. Campbell

Engaged, 429. Loss – 116 Killed; 153 Wounded; 38 Missing.

Monument to the 15th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Spotsylvania

Text from the back of the monument:

Commissioners appointed by Governor John Franklin Fort
Hon. John F. Dryden Chm. – Sergeant William R. Gawley
Gen. Joseph M. Plume – Private Albert W. Whitemead
John S. Gibson – Private Henry S. Huffman
Sergeant William M.H. Wychoft Tres.
Private Stephen W. Gordon Sec.
text fT. Manson & Son Builders – Red Bank N.J.

Text from the rededication marker in front of the monument:

This site Rededicated
May 16, 1864
Civil War Centennial Commission
State of New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
Governor

Map and directions to the monument to the 15th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Spotsyvania
The monument is at Stop Three on the Auto Tour, about 110 yards north of the Bloody Angle walking trail and about 300 yards by trail from the parking area. (38°13’24.8″N 77°35’59.7″W)
See more about the history of the 15th New Jersey Infantry Regiment in the Civil War.

(go to the main Tour Stop 3 page)
(go to the main Battle of Spotsylvania Auto Tour page)