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Roster of Company K, mustered in August 29, 1861 and mustered out with the 6th New Jersey Regiment on September 7, 1864, listing each soldier's rank, enlistment date and fate — wounded, killed, discharged, transferred or deserted.
Benjamin Coley was born in England on February 1, 1826, and immigrated to America as a child.
Three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, Camden citizens issued a resolution pledging loyalty to the Union on April 16, 1861, followed by a patriotic war meeting at the county courthouse on April 18 that organized the county's first Civil War volunteer companies.