Sergeant Sylvester W.F. Randolph, Company F of the 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, writes a letter to the West Jersey Pioneer in September of 1861. In this letter, he writes about the men receiving their new Blue, Federal uniforms as well as brand new Springfield Rifled Muskets.

His photo can be found on Archive.org in the book, Historic Days of Cumberland County.

He is also mentioned by name in William Styples book, General Philip Kearny: A Very God of War,

More of Sylvesters letters were published in the West Jersey Pioneer, which have been put on microfilm and housed in the Lummis Library in Greenwich, New Jersey.