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The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir William Howe and the Continental Army under General George Washington.
August 27 – The first session of the New Jersey Legislative Council convenes with the Provincial Congress of New Jersey ceased to function under the New Jersey State Constitution. [1] August 31 – William Livingston is sworn in as the first governor. [2] September 16 – The 4th New Jersey Regiment is raised at Elizabethtown.
The New York – New Jersey Line War was a series of skirmishes and raids that took place for over half a century between 1701 and 1765 at the disputed border between the two American colonies the Province of New York and the Province of New Jersey. Border wars were not unusual in the early days of settlements of the colonies and originated in ...
A 1777 map during the Revolutionary War detailing the chevaux-de-frise between Fort Lee and Fort Washington. Fort Lee, originally Fort Constitution, was a Revolutionary War-era fort located on the crest of the Hudson Palisades in what was then Hackensack Township, New Jersey opposite Fort Washington at the northern end of Manhattan Island.
Joseph Reed played a role in encouraging the militia's activities.. In July 1776 forces of Great Britain under the command of General William Howe landed on Staten Island.Over the next several months, Howe's forces, which were British Army regulars and auxiliary German troops usually referred to as Hessian, chased George Washington's Continental Army out of New York City and across New Jersey. [7]
Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey. New York: S. Tuttle. p. 315. OCLC 10631653. Cecere, Michael (2006). They Are Indeed a Very Useful Corps: American Riflemen in the Revolutionary War. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-4141-7. OCLC 74060495. Duncan, Francis (1872). History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Volume ...
Purchasing a cornetcy in the 16th Light Dragoons in 1773, Geary was sent to North America in 1776, arriving in New York at the end of September. In October and November, Geary's unit was mainly occupied with forays in northern New Jersey where they met little organized resistance, but on 1 December, his company was ordered to camp at Pennington ...
The campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn. Brooklyn: The Long Island Historical Society. p. 245. OCLC 234710. citizens. Lamb, Martha Joanna (1896). History of the City of New York: The Century of National Independence, Closing in 1880. New York: A. S. Barnes. OCLC 7932050. Schecter, Barnet (2002). The Battle for New York. New York ...