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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.
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New Jersey Brigade Brigadier General William Maxwell 1,000 1st New Jersey Regiment: Colonel Matthias Ogden: 2nd New Jersey Regiment: Colonel Israel Shreve: 3rd New Jersey Regiment: Colonel Elias Dayton: 4th New Jersey Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel David Brearley Independent artillery company Captain Thomas Randall 2 guns New Jersey Militia Light ...
The Battle of Trenton was fought on December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War campaign for New Jersey. In a surprise attack, the Continental Army led by George Washington attacked the winter quarters of a brigade composed primarily of German troops from Hesse-Kassel in Trenton, New Jersey. [1]
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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.
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On September 22, 1778, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton ordered Major-General Charles Grey, Major-General Lord Cornwallis and Brigadier-General Edward Mathew to mobilize troops in an effort to provoke Continental Army commander George Washington into a battle, [1] and as a diversion for a raid against a Patriot privateering base in southern New Jersey. [2]