Myer Asch
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 9/19/1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant.
On 9/19/1861 he was commissioned into "H" Co. NJ 1st Cavalry
He was discharged on 3/29/1865 at Washington, DC
He was listed as:
* POW (date and place not stated)
Promotions:
* 1st Lieut 12/9/1861 (1st Lieut & Adjutant)
* Capt 3/24/1862 (As of Co. H)
* Major 5/10/1866 by Brevet
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 2/19/1862 from company H to Field & Staff
* 4/10/1862 from Field & Staff to company H
Other Information:
born in 1832 in Philadelphia, PA
Federal Pension Information:
He applied for a pension on 6/20/1889 from the state of NY
application # 713,612
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Register of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War 1861-65
- Union Blue: History of MOLLUS
- National Archives: Index to Federal Pension Records
1st Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry
Organized at Trenton, N. J., under authority of the War Department August 14, 1861, as Halsted's Cavalry. Left State for Washington, D. C.; four Companies August 24 and six Companies August 31, 1861. Attached to Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington, to May, 1862. Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahanncck, to June, 1862. Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, to May, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. of Washington, to July, 1865.