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General Henry Clinton by Andrea Soldi. Washington's preference for a professional standing army rather than a militia had been another source of criticism. [20] He had seen his army dissolve in the fall of 1775 as short-term enlistments expired, and blamed his defeat in the Battle of Long Island in August 1776 in part on a poorly performing militia. [21]
The Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, saw a colonial American army under Major General George Washington fight a British army led by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton. After evacuating Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, on June 18, Clinton intended to march his 13,000-man army to New York City .
Charles Lee (6 February 1732 [O.S. 26 January 1731] – 2 October 1782) was a British-born American military officer who served as a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
The 2nd New Jersey Regiment was raised, on 9 October 1775, at Trenton, New Jersey, for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel William Maxwell.The regiment would see action at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Crooked Billet, Battle of Monmouth, Sullivan Expedition, Battle of Springfield and the ...
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Melissa Ziobro was the last historian at Fort Monmouth before the Army post closed and moved to Maryland. She holds her new book Monday, June 10, 2024, "Fort Monmouth: The U.S. Army's House of ...
The 2nd New York Regiment was authorized on May 25, 1775, and formed at Albany from June 28 to August 4 for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Goose Van Schaick. [1] The enlistments of the first establishment ended on December 31, 1775. [2] The second establishment of the regiment was authorized on January 19, 1776. [3]
Though the battle resulted in an American defeat, Howe's advance was brought to a halt in a fierce musketry duel and Washington's army limped away to fight again. [10] Col. Alexander Martin. At the Battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777, the North Carolina Brigade and William Maxwell's New Jersey Brigade were part of Lord Stirling's Reserve ...