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  2. 1st New Jersey Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 1st New Jersey Regiment was the first organized militia regiment in New Jersey, formed in 1673 in Piscataway "to repel foreign Indians who come down from upper Pennsylvania and western New York (in the summer) to our shores and fill (themselves) with fishes and clams and on the way back make a general nuisance of themselves by burning hay stacks, corn fodder and even barns."

  3. New Jersey in the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Moses Van Campen - Wikipedia

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    Major Moses Van Campen (1757–1849) was a soldier during the American Revolutionary War. He was a prominent figure in Pennsylvania and parts of New York. His primary involvement in the Revolutionary War was in fighting against hostile Native American tribes. [1] He began work as a soldier in 1775 and retired from military service in 1783.

  5. Category : People of New Jersey in the American Revolution

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    This category includes people associated with New Jersey during the American Revolution. People in this category should not also be placed in Category:People of colonial New Jersey, unless they were notable in New Jersey before the Revolutionary era (i.e., before about 1765).

  6. Jane McCrea - Wikipedia

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    Jane McCrea [a] (c. 1752 – July 27, 1777) was an American woman who was killed by a Native American warrior serving alongside a British Army expedition under the command of John Burgoyne during the American Revolutionary War.

  7. List of military leaders in the American Revolutionary War

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    He then served under Washington in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. He led American forces in the failed Battle of Rhode Island, and then led the 1779 Sullivan Expedition, which destroyed Indian villages in New York. Nathanael Greene: Aug. 9, 1776 to Nov. 3, 1783. (Brigadier General June 22, 1775). [2] Brigadier General of Rhode Island ...

  8. Category : Native Americans in the American Revolution

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    This category lists articles on Native Americans and First Nations people in the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War. Those who sought to remain neutral, as well as those who fought alongside the British or the American Revolutionaries, are included.

  9. Category:Continental Army officers from New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    This is a category of commissioned officers of the Continental Army who served from New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. This includes officers of the regiments of the New Jersey Line, as well as general officers from New Jersey. This does not include officers born in New Jersey who served in the regiments of other states.