UNIT: Company I, 2nd New Jersey Cavalry
HOMETOWN: Shamong / Tuckerton Road
BORN/DIED: 1839–1911
RANK: Private
GRAVE LOCATION: Old Tabernacle Cemetery, Row 54 Lot 2
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Old Tabernacle Cemetery, Row 54 Lot 2
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My name is Piper. I was born in 1839. At the age of 23, I was drafted into military service. At that time, I was unmarried and living in Shamong with my parents and siblings.
I served as a Private in the Union Army for 1 year in Co. I- 2nd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment.
The regiment was organized at Camp Parker, Trenton, N. J., and mustered on August 15, 1863. The regiment left the State for Washington, D. C., October 5, 1863. It was attached to Stoneman’s Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to December 1863 and to the District of Columbus, KY. By the time I joined, the 2nd Calvary was stationed in the District of West Tennessee. I participated in Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign during the month of August 1864. From the time of its organization to the end of the war, the regiment lost a total of 241 men; 3 officers and 48 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 190 enlisted men died of disease.
My military service ended in 1864 when I was injured and hospitalized at the Gayoso Hospital in Memphis, TN. After I left the hospital, I returned to my parent’s home in Shamong.
In 1873 I married Martha and became a full-time farmer. In 1893 I filed for an invalid pension. By 1910 Martha and I owned our home and lived on Tuckerton Road. James Stills, known as the “Black Doctor of the Pines” is our neighbor. I died in 1911.
(James Piper January 4, 1905, New Jersey Mirror)
James M Piper (Old Tabernacle Cemetery Row 54 Lot 2)
Timeline
1839: Born.
Civil War: Drafted while living with his family in Shamong; served as a Private in Company I, 2nd New Jersey Cavalry.
1864: Military service ended after an injury and hospitalization at Gayoso Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
After hospitalization: Returned to his parents’ home in Shamong.
1873: Married Martha and became a full-time farmer.
1893: Filed for an invalid pension.
1910: Owned a home on Tuckerton Road with Martha.
1911: Died.
