Description
Main TitleBattles and Skirmishes of the American Revolution in New Jersey
PublisherDepartment of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Geology and Topography
Date Created1974
Subject (Geographic)Princeton (N.J.)
Subject (Geographic)Trenton (N.J.)
Subject (Geographic)United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Subject (Geographic)Assumpink Creek Watershed (N.J.)
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical)
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
Subject (Topical)Battles; Skirmishing; Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776; Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778
DescriptionThis map shows the numerous battles and skirmishes that occurred in New Jersey as verified in historical records. The locations and dates of the major battles are shown in red with large crossed swords. The minor battles and skirmishes are shown in red with smaller crossed swords. Because of the many engagements that occurred in the neutral ground, the area from New Brunswick and Amboy northward to Paramus and Closter, the dates are listed on the left of the map. The colonial place names are used, and the locations are accurate within the physical limitations of the map. Whenever possible, the natural features of the Jersey coast have been restored to their approximate location for the decade 1770-1780. Cape May has been extended, Sandy Hook altered and Brigantine and Long Beach moved seaward. The road network is only representative and is included for the purpose of suggesting the major travel routes of the period, with due consideration to the local topography. County and township names are those which were in existence during the Revolutionary War as they appear in "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries" by John P. Snyder.
NoteBy John D. Alden, C.E., Historian, New Jersey Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1945. Revised by D. Stanton Hammond, J.D., 1965, for the Society. Further revision by D. Stanton Hammond with Kemble Widmer, New Jersey State Geologist and David C. Munn, Historical Editor, Archives and History Bureau, New Jersey State Library, 1973. Political boundaries with permission of John P. Snyder.
NotePurpose: To show the numerous Revolutionary War battles and skirmishes that occurred in New Jersey as verified by historical records.
Organization NameNew Jersey Environmental Digital Library
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