"New Jersey and the Revolution" Topic

"New Jersey played a crucial role in the American Revolution. Positioned between the new nation's capital in Philadelphia and the British stronghold in New York, no place in New Jersey was spared the ravages of war. During six years of conflict, General George Washington and the Continental Army spent more days in New Jersey than any other state. By the time victory was won, the fight for American independence touched every community in New Jersey. More than just a crossroads on the map, New Jersey became the crossroads in the birth of a nation.

For the British, central New Jersey offered a direct overland route connecting New York with Philadelphia and the southern colonies. But for the Continental forces, New Jersey was an unassailable fortress, with the Watchung Mountains providing an extended natural rampart shielding it from surveillance and offering a safe route linking New England with states to the south…"

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Armand

I spent 30 years living in west-central NJ where it is easy to find historical markers on many roads that relate to the Revolutionary War.

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Armand

A book that I enjoyed reading during my research on Loyalist units was
The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley by Adam Leiby, Ruteugers University Press, 1962.

I have a good friend who grew up in New Jersey.
He would be delighted at an AWI game that devastated New Jersey.