Civil War Union Army Officer. A pre-war militia officer, he was mustered in as Colonel and commander of the 1st New Jersey Militia on April 27, 1861 The unit, one of the first to be formed to defend the Union, then served in the defenses of Washington, DC, and in reserve during the July 1861 First Bull Run Campaign before being mustered out on July 31, 1861. Soon after Adolphus Johnson rejoined the Union war effort, being commissioned as Colonel of the 8th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on September 12, 1861. He led his regiment at the May 5, 1862 Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, where he sustained a serious wound. His wound ended his field command, but allowed him to do garrison and staff work until he officially resigned on March 19, 1863. He was then commissioned Colonel and commander of the 4th Veterans Reserve Corps, and named commander of the Rock Island Military Prison in Illinois. He headed the post, where hundreds of Confederate prisoners died, until the end of the Civil War.
Civil War Union Army Officer. A pre-war militia officer, he was mustered in as Colonel and commander of the 1st New Jersey Militia on April 27, 1861 The unit, one of the first to be formed to defend the Union, then served in the defenses of Washington, DC, and in reserve during the July 1861 First Bull Run Campaign before being mustered out on July 31, 1861. Soon after Adolphus Johnson rejoined the Union war effort, being commissioned as Colonel of the 8th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on September 12, 1861. He led his regiment at the May 5, 1862 Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, where he sustained a serious wound. His wound ended his field command, but allowed him to do garrison and staff work until he officially resigned on March 19, 1863. He was then commissioned Colonel and commander of the 4th Veterans Reserve Corps, and named commander of the Rock Island Military Prison in Illinois. He headed the post, where hundreds of Confederate prisoners died, until the end of the Civil War.
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