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Fun Facts

10/20/2019

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Some of the band members have traced lineage and are descendants of soldiers who fought in Civil War battles. Further research of local Civil War soldiers showed that 1st Lt. James S. Stratton of the Mullica Hill area of Gloucester County served with Company F of the New Jersey 12th Regiment in Chancellorsville, and later as a recruiter in New Jersey. He returned to field duty and was killed in action and buried in the field at Reams Station, Virginia in 1864. His family later had the body exhumed and returned to Mullica Hill for burial in the Baptist cemetery there. A monument to James S. Stratton and the recruiting efforts can be seen along Evergreen Avenue in Woodbury, the site of what was a recruiting/enlisting and troop transport station during the period. His father and brother raised the money for the 7th Infantry Band and recruited the Band Leader and players.
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The connector road between Richwood Road (C.R. 609) and Harrisonville Road (C.R. 618) has been dedicated and designated as “Lt. James S. Stratton Lane”.

Those members- Sons of Union Veterans- have applied for, and have been granted by The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War national organization, designation as James S. Stratton Camp No. 82 of the SUV, and were officially installed June 7, 2014.
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6/16/2025 08:45:30 am

It's inspiring to learn about these connections between band members and Civil War history.

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    • 2025 Laurel Hill Memorial Day
    • 2025 Harriburg Ball
    • 2024 General Meade Ceremony
    • 2024 Phila Country Club Dedication
    • 2024 Columbia PA Benefit Concert
    • 2024 Gettysburg
    • 2024 Joe Petruzzi Celebration of Life Concert
    • 2024 Glassboro Memorial Day Parade
    • 2024 Harrisburg Civil War Ball
    • 2024 Lincoln Birthday Celebration
    • 2023 Meade Ceremony
    • 2023 Gettysburg Remembrance Day
    • 2023 Columbia PA Benefit Concert
    • 2023 Veterans Day
    • 2023 Glassboro Civil War History Weekend
    • 2023 Honor & Remembrance Concert
    • 2023 Cape May Independence Day Parade
    • 2023 Marlton Parade
    • 2023 Wenonah Civil War Commemoration
    • 2023 Glassboro Memorial Day Parade
    • 2023 Civil War Preservation Ball
    • 2023 Lincoln Birthday Celebration
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