6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry - Commanders

Commanders

Three officers served as Colonel of the regiment:

• James T. Hatfield, who resigned his commission on April 27, 1862.
• Gershom Mott, who was promoted to Brigadier General on September 7, 1862,
• George C. Burling, who resigned March 4, 1864, and was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865.

While Colonel Burling was in brigade command, and after he resigned, the unit was led by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Rose Gilkyson.