THE 8TH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, Inc. IS A LIVING HISTORY ORGANIZATION, WHOSE MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO THE ACCURATE RE-CREATION OF THE LIFE OF THE COMMON FEDERAL SOLDIER DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

THE 8TH IS AN HONORARY REACTIVATED UNIT IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THE 8TH PARTICIPATES IN MANY REENACTMENTS AND HISTORICAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. CIVILIAN IMPRESSIONS ARE WELCOME.

THE 8TH IS AN ORGANIZATION WHICH STRESSES TRUST AND RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBER.

The brave volunteers of New Jersey,
All patriots, noble and true;
 Aroused at the call of our country,
We'll stand by the red, white, and blue,
To tyrants we can never give in;
Rebellion shall have its just due.
For the Union and liberty live, in
The hearts of true Jersey Blue.
---"Brave Volunteers of New Jersey" (1861)