NJCW150 Committee Chair John G. Zinn received BA and MBA degrees from Rutgers University.  He served as an army officer from 1970 to 1972 and was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Vietnam.  In addition to chairing the 150th committee, he is the chairman of the board of the New Jersey Historical Society.  John is the author of the The Mutinous Regiment: The Thirty-third New Jersey in the Civil War. Website Content Editor Joseph G. Bilby received his BA and MA degrees in history from Seton Hall University, served as an army officer in the Vietnam War, and is the author of a number of books on New Jersey and military history, including Remember You Are Jerseymen with William Goble and Forgotten Warriors: New Jersey’s African American Soldiers in the Civil War.  Retired from the New Jersey Department of Labor as Supervising Investigator, he is a trustee of the New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association and assistant curator of the National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey in Sea Girt Website Sub-committee James M. Madden received his BA in Marketing from St. Peter’s College and has contributed articles to many Civil War publications and projects, including New Jersey Civil War Sesquicentennial publications New Jersey Goes to War and New Jersey’s Civil War Odyssey. He is also co-author with Joseph Bilby and Harry Ziegler on the Hidden History of New Jersey. Jim also serves on the board of directors for the New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association and a trustee of the Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery, a member  of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APGEN) and trustee of the Jerramiah T. Healy Chartable Foundation for a Better Jersey City.   Events and Commemoration Sub-committee   Thomas R. Burke, Jr. is the Vice President of the New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association. He has been active in the Civil                               War reenactment community for many years and is currently a member of the Winfield Scott Hancock          Society, The 69th New York State Volunteer Historical Association, the 6th New York Independent      Battery and the 13th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He has been published in Civil War   Historian magazine, contributed to National Park Service documentary projects and the NJCW150 historical coordinator for Macculloch Hall’s Gone For a Solider; Jerseymen in the         Civil War. Education Sub-committee           Dr. David G. Martin received his BA from the University of Michigan and holds MA & PhD   degrees from Princeton University. He is a teacher and administrator at the Peddie School, president of the New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association and publisher/editor of Longstreet House book company. Dr. Martin is author and editor of a number of works on the Civil War; including Gettysburg July 1 and Jackson’s Valley Campaign, and on New Jersey’s role in the war, including, The Monocacy Regiment (14th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry) Lesley-Ann Thomson received her BA degree in American History/Secondary Education from Ramapo College of New Jersey and is currently finishing her Masters in American History from Monmouth University.  She has been teaching US and New Jersey History at Barnegat High School for the past four years.  She recently received the Patriot’s Podium Award in Trenton for a lecture on New Jersey’s Role in the American Revolution.  The Sixth Massachusetts leaving  Jersey City enroute to  Washington,  April 18th, 1861, On April 19th, the  Baltimore Riots occurred with Southern Sympathizers from that city which four  soldiers and twelve civilians were killed in the riot. About 36 of the regiment  were also wounded and left behind.  (Harpers Weekly)  New Jersey Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee is a subcommittee of New Jersey Civil War Heritage Assn, PO Box 442, Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 Info@njcivilwar150.org