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The second party crossed the frozen North River on sleighs to Newark, which they entered in three divisions. [1] The British captured fifteen men at the Newark Academy, of which one lieutenant escaped, and then set fire to it. [1]
This put an end to British ambitions in New Jersey. On 21 July 1780, Wayne with two Pennsylvania brigades and four cannons attacked a loyalist blockhouse at Bulls Ferry , New Jersey. In the Battle of Bull's Ferry , the 70 Tories endured an artillery barrage and repelled all American attacks, inflicting 15 killed and 49 wounded while suffering ...
Pages in category "Battles of the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The last major battle to take place in New Jersey and the rest of the Northern states during the Revolutionary War was the Battle of Springfield. Baron von Knyphausen , the Hessian general, hoped to invade New Jersey and expected support from the colonists of New Jersey who were tired of the war.
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.
Pages in category "Battles of the New Jersey Campaign" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Battle of Millstone, also known as the Battle of Van Nest's Mill, was a skirmish that occurred near the mill of Abraham Van Nest in Weston, New Jersey (near present-day Manville, New Jersey) on January 20, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War.
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