[AlaskaErik]

Simply put, New Jersey, more than any other state, was the place where the battle was fought, nearly lost, and ultimately won.

And then they let the DemocRATS take it all away. Nice going.

[laplata]

“And then they let the DemocRATS take it all away. Nice going”.

The Founding Fathers would take us all to the wood shed for allowing the country to go to hell.

[Coleus]

NJ kicked butt, especially when the British killed the pastor’s wife in Connecticut Farms, now Union, NJ (the last section of the article.)

[XRdsRev]

New Jersey “Crossroads of the American Revolution”.

The state was the site of military operations by American, British, French, Hessian, Loyalist & Native American forces.

Significant Battles - Trenton, Princeton, Bound Brook, Fort Mercer (Red Bank), Monmouth Court House, Springfield.

Smaller battles & skirmishes - Too numerous to list here, literally hundreds of engagements.

Major Winter Encampments - Morristown 1 (1776-1777), Middlebrook (1778-1779), Morristown 2 (1779-1780), Amboy-Brunswick Line (British Army 1776-1777).

Existing buildings used as Headquarters by George Washington - Van Doren House, Wallace House, Ford mansion, Dey Mansion, Holcombe House, Colfax House, Van Allen House, Hunt House, Wetherill House, Village Inn, Hermitage, Doremus House, Harper House, Morrell House & the Berrian House.

A few Military Firsts in New Jersey - First US Army Military Academy (Pluckemin NJ 1778/79), First military operations of Ferguson’s Riflemen (first real use of breechloading muskets in combat 1777). First school for Army doctors (Middlebrook 1778/79), First formation and combat of the United States Army Rangers (Middlebrook 1777). First use of fire beacons by army for early warning and communications (1777).