New Jersey During The Revolution
New Jersey is called the crossroads of the American Revolution,
because the armies involved crossed the state several times during the war,
and it held a key geographical position at the center of the new nation. It
was heavily involved in the fighting, due to the troop movements through
the state, and its key geographic position between New York City and
Philadelphia. New Jersey had more engagements than any other state during
the war, closely followed by South Carolina. Some Major actions in the
state include the abandonment of Fort Lee, on November. 20th, 1776 and the
retreat of the American army across NJ to the other side of the Delaware
River, the first battle of Trenton, on ...
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troops crossed NJ from NY in 1776, chased by the
British after the fall of NY to the British. In late December 1776 to mid
Jan 1777, he in turn chased the British out of most of NJ. This period of
time is called the Crisis of the Revolution because it seemed the American
army could not stand against the British, and the support for the
Revolution came to a low ebb, until Washington reversed the military and
political situation by the victories in Trenton and Princeton. During the
Crisis, NJ, like many states, did not always perform well. The militia in
large part refused to turn out to fight with Washington, many began to
refuse to accept Continental paper money, and hundreds a day went to the
British to sign allegiance papers. Much of this was caused by the poor
showing of the Army, which was divided into groups in The Hudson valley,
and New Jersey, and had performed sometimes poorly in the Battles for New
York. All the states at that time found support for the ...
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The American army spent two winters at Morristown in 1777, and
again in 1780-81. Washington passed the winter of '78-'79 in Middlebrook,
between Somerville and Bound Brook. In the winter of '81-82, some units
were again posted at Morristown, and the lack of pay and supplies lead to
two mutinies, one by the Pennsylvania troops there, and one by the NJ
troops in Elizabethtown. Many times various armies passed through the state,
on the way to New York, or Philadelphia, or upstate New York. The French
allies marched through with the American forces on the way to Yorktown, and
again on the way to New England to ship home.
In an attempt to open the route to Washington in the ...
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