Revolutionary New Jersey : forgotten towns and crossroads of the American Revolution / Robert A. Mayers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayers, Robert A. (Robert Adrian), 1930- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American Revolution (1775-1783).

New Jersey--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

New Jersey.

New Jersey--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Battlefields.

New Jersey--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.

New Jersey--History, Local.

Battlefields.

Military campaigns.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Local history.

Physical Description:

381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Staunton, Virginia : (AHP) American History Press, [2018]

Summary:

In "Revolutionary New Jersey" New Jersey-based author Robert Mayers has rediscovered and revived the history of previously forsaken locations by exploring them in person. He then enhances his observations from on-site visits with fresh research from original documents, often discovered in obscure British, Hessian and French records. The reader is subsequently transported to the battlefields and encampments in three theaters of the conflict in New Jersey- "The War in the Countryside," "The War at the Shore" and "New Jersey Campgrounds"-by describing Revolutionary events which occurred in more than 100 present-day towns. This narrative escorts readers back in time to feel, see, and hear the action that occurred over 200 years ago in familiar settings.

Contents:

THE WAR IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

BLOODY BOUND BROOK AND THE LOST HESSIAN DIARY (1777): Bound Brook, South Bound Brook, Bridgewater, Franklin Township, Martinsville, New Brunswick, Piscataway

MAYHEM ON THE MILLSTONE (1777): Manville, Millstone, Somerset, Franklin Township, Blackwell's Mills

FORAGING WAR BOILS OVER: QUIBBLETOWN, SAMPTOWN AND SPANKTOWN (1777): South Plainfield, Piscataway, Middlesex, Dunellen

THE SHORT HILLS AND BEYOND (1777): The Amboys, Woodbridge, Edison, Metuchen, Plainfield, Watchung, Scotch Plains, Westfield Rahway, Metuchen

CROSSWICKS IN THE CROSSHAIRS-WITH THE CROWN FORCES ON THE HIGHWAY TO HELL- PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK (1778): Haddonfield, Moorestown, Cherry Hill, Mount Laurel, Mount Holly, Bordentown, Columbus, Mansfield, Crosswicks, Allentown, Holmdel, Hopewell, Kingston, Cranberry, Englishtown, Freehold

WASHINGTON ROCKS-THE PERCHES OF THE AMERICAN EAGLE (1777-1778): Bound Brook, Martinsville, Bridgewater, Green Brook, Plainfield, South Plainfield, Warren

DASHING THROUGH NEW JERSEY TO YORKTOWN WITH WASHINGTON AND ROCHAMBEAU (1781): Counties of Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Union, Morris, Somerset, Middlesex, Mercer

THE WAR AT THE SHORE

THE SHADOWY SKELETONS OF SANDY HOOK (1776-1783): Sea Bright, Highlands, Middletown, Sea Bright, Freehold, Lincroft

HAVOC ON THE HIGHLANDS

THE MASSACRE AT NAVESINK (1777): Navesink, Highlands, Middletown, Rumson

THE PATRIOT AND THE PINE TREE ROBBER- COLONEL TYE AND CAPTAIN HUDDY (1775-1782): Shrewsbury, Sandy Hook, Highlands, Rumson, Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach, Toms River, Colts Neck, Tinton Falls, Redbank, Oceanport, Monmouth Beach, Eatontown, Fairhaven

THE FIGHTING AT SEA- THE WHALEBOAT WAR (1776-1782): South Amboy, New Brunswick, Matawan, Sandy Hook, Bradley Beach, Neptune, Manasquan

THE NEST OF PIRATES-LITTLE EGG HARBOR DISASTER (1778): Little Egg Harbor, Beach Haven, Stafford Township, Batsto Village, Port Republic, Brigantine, Absecon, Atlantic City

JOHN BACON, PINE ROBBER-MASSACRE AT LONG BEACH ISLAND AND THE SKIRMISH AT CEDAR BRIDGE (1782): Barnegat, Ocean Township, Forked River, Tuckerton, Lacey Township, Berkeley Township, Long Beach Island, Harvey Cedars, Burlington

REDCOATS ON THE ROAD OF NO RETURN MONMOUTH COURTHOUSE TO SANDY HOOK (1778): Freehold, Colts Neck, Lincroft, Tinton Falls, Redbank, Middletown, Navesink, Highlands

NEW JERSEY REVOLUTIONARY CAMPGROUNDS

MIDDLEBROOK ENCAMPMENT- THE DEN OF THE FOX (1777-1778)

WITH KNOX AND THE ARTILLERY AT PLUCKEMIN (1778)

FORGOTTEN JOCKEY HOLLOW (1779-1780) 18. POMPTON AND THE PREAKNESS VALLEY-HUB OF THE REVOLUTION (1780)

REBELLION AT FEDERAL HILL-THE TRAGIC MUTINY OF THE NEW JERSEY LINE (1781)

APPENDICES: A. Historic Homes in the Bound Brook Area

B. Strength of Continental Army in New Jersey, May 1777

C. American Forces at the Short Hills June 26, 1777

American and French Units Marching through New Jersey to Yorktown, Virginia

E. Historic Markers on 1781 Route through New Jersey to Yorktown, Virginia

F. Congressional Letter of Marque for Privateers

G. Historic Homes-Pompton Area

H. Extant Orderly Books-New Jersey Regiments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781939995292

1939995299

OCLC:

1031052788

Publisher Number:

99996358652