[66] After Boston, Gage halted operations and awaited reinforcements; the Irish Parliament approved the recruitment of new regiments, while allowing Catholics to enlist for the first time. 1775-1783 United States, Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Jersey Brigade part of Lafayette's command. November 10, 1775 First six companies are raised. [130] On October 18, Howe failed to encircle the Americans at the Battle of Pell's Point, and the Americans withdrew. Although the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 had wide public support, Adams was among those reluctant to pay the price of an alliance with France, and over 20% of Congressmen voted against it. Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. [72] The declaration was written almost exclusively by Jefferson, who wrote it largely in isolation between June 11 and June 28, 1776, in a three-story residence at 700 Market Street in Philadelphia. At least 18,000 New Jersey men fought in either the Continental Army or militia units. [251] The Spanish operations impaired the British supply of armaments to British Indian allies, which effectively suspended a military alliance to attack settlers between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains.[252][ab]. British officials in Quebec began negotiating with the Iroquois for their support,[99] while US envoys urged them to remain neutral. [247], French soldier Augustin de La Balme led a Canadian militia in an attempt to capture Detroit, but they dispersed when Miami natives led by Little Turtle attacked the encamped settlers on November 5. [204], At the end of 1777, Howe resigned and was replaced by Sir Henry Clinton on May 24, 1778; with French entry into the war, he was ordered to consolidate his forces in New York. Holly. [229] In early October, Ferguson was defeated at the Battle of Kings Mountain, dispersing organized Loyalist resistance in the region. [402], Washington expressed astonishment that the Americans had won a war against a leading world power, referring to the American victory as "little short of a standing miracle". In early 1779, the Virginians counter-attacked in the siege of Fort Vincennes and took Hamilton prisoner. [183] This was because the US had agreed not to make peace without France, while Aranjuez committed France to keep fighting until Spain recovered Gibraltar, effectively making it a condition of US independence without the knowledge of Congress. It first aired on ABC Family on July 1, 2008 in the United States. [199] He did not welcome war with France, but he believed the British victories over France in the Seven Years' War as a reason to believe in ultimate victory over France. [442], The Liberty Bell stamp, issued on the 150th anniversary of American independence in 1926, 150th anniversary of the Battles of Saratoga stamp featuring Burgoyne's surrender, issued in 1927, Washington at prayer at Valley Forge stamp, issued in 1928, 150th anniversary of the Siege of Yorktown stamp featuring Rochambeau, Washington, and de Grasse, issued in 1931. [349], Approximately 25,000 Loyalists fought for the British throughout the war. [63] Although constitutionally correct, since George could not oppose his own government, it disappointed those Americans who hoped he would mediate in the dispute, while the hostility of his language annoyed even Loyalist members of Congress. [321], The 1775 campaign showed the British overestimated the capabilities of their own troops and underestimated the colonial militia, requiring a reassessment of tactics and strategy. [179], Like his predecessors, French foreign minister Vergennes considered the 1763 Peace a national humiliation and viewed the war as an opportunity to weaken Britain. [89], On June 14, 1775, Congress took control of American patriot forces outside Boston, and Congressional leader John Adams nominated George Washington as commander-in-chief of the newly-formed Continental Army. [399][400], An Anglo-American Preliminary Peace was formally entered into in November 1782, and Congress endorsed the settlement on April 15, 1783. To engage the United States as a French ally militarily, the treaty was conditioned on Britain initiating a war on France to stop it from trading with the U.S. Spain and the Dutch Republic were invited to join by both France and the United States in the treaty, but neither was responsive to the request. [101] After defeat at the Battle of Quebec on December 31,[102] the Americans maintained a loose blockade of the city until they retreated on May 6, 1776. [132] The remaining American regiments on Long Island fell back four days later. He died in 1791. As was typical in wars of the era, diseases such as smallpox claimed more lives than battle. [137] Popular support wavered, and morale declined. [128], Howe met with a delegation from the Second Continental Congress at the September Staten Island Peace Conference, but it failed to conclude peace, largely because the British delegates only had authority to offer pardons and could not recognize independence. [164] When Clinton advised he could not reach them, Burgoyne's subordinates advised retreat; a reconnaissance in force on October 7 was repulsed by Gates at the Battle of Bemis Heights, forcing them back into Saratoga with heavy losses. [43] Acquisition of territories in Atlantic Canada and West Florida, inhabited largely by French or Spanish-speaking Catholics, led British authorities to consolidate their hold by populating them with English-speaking settlers. Simultaneous British attacks were repulsed on St. Louis by the Spanish Lieutenant Governor de Leyba, and on the Virginia County courthouse in Cahokia, Illinois by Lieutenant Colonel Clark. The cannon was never fired, and Ellis refused to retreat across the Cooper Creek Bridge. Although the announcement helped to fill a temporary manpower shortage, white Loyalist prejudice meant recruits were eventually redirected to non-combatant roles. [317] The bulk of military resources in the Americas were focused on defending sugar islands in the Caribbean; Jamaica alone generated more revenue than all thirteen American colonies combined. The 1st Rhode Island Regiment formed in February included former slaves whose owners were compensated; however, only 140 of its 225 soldiers were black and recruitment stopped in June 1788. October 19, 1781 - The capitulation of the British and German forces at Yorktown took place, the enemy troops surrendering their arms to the French and American armies. [263] An attempted breakout over York River] at Gloucester Point failed due to bad weather. It later became part of the British Crown Provincial forces and was known as the "Jersey Blues" as their coats were blue with red lapels. The Regiment was authorized on September 16, 1776 in the Continental Army as the 4th New Jersey Regiment. The 3rd New Jersey Regiment was raised, on January 1, 1776, at Elizabethtown, New Jersey for service with the Continental Army. [334] An alternate source was readily available in the Holy Roman Empire, where many smaller states had a long tradition of renting their armies to the highest bidder. Also includes the main warships on both sides, and all the important battles. This digital version of Strykers Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, presented by the New Jersey State Library, is both searchable utilizing full Boolean logic and browsable. June 18 to October 1779 - During this period the 2nd Regiment took part in Sullivan's campaign to destroy the power of the Indian allies of the British. [257], When Lafayette entered Virginia, Cornwallis complied with Clinton's orders and withdrew to Yorktown, where he constructed strong defenses and awaited evacuation. Two weeks after Congress withdrew to Baltimore, on the night of December 2526, 1776, Washington crossed the Delaware River, leading a column of Continental Army troops from today's Bucks County, Pennsylvania, located about 30 miles upriver from Philadelphia, to today's Mercer County, New Jersey, in a logistically challenging and dangerous operation. The Jersey regiments made this site their winter quarters, remaining there until April or May of 1780. As part of reserves under Nash, 1st New Jersey Regiment assaults Chew House. [168] After dispersing an American detachment at Paoli on September 20, Cornwallis occupied Philadelphia on September 26, with the main force of 9,000 under Howe based just to the north at Germantown. [237], From the beginning of the war, Bernardo de Glvez, the Governor of Spanish Louisiana, allowed the Americans to import supplies and munitions into New Orleans, then ship them to Pittsburgh. Beginning in 1787, he received pay as Spanish Agent 13, and subsequently expanded his efforts to persuade American settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains to secede from the United States, first in the Washington administration and later again in the Jefferson administration. Printed by authority of the Legislature. William S. Stryker, Adjutant General. [74], On July 2, Congress voted for independence and published the declaration on July 4,[75] which Washington read to his troops in New York City on July 9. Organized between February 7 - May 18, 1776 at Elizabethtown to consist of 8 companies. [260] Expecting to be withdrawn within a few days, he also abandoned the outer defenses, which were promptly occupied by the besiegers and hastened British defeat. In the American Revolution, they trained and provided Continental Line regiments to the regular army, each with their own state officer corps. [284], By prevailing European standards, the armies in America were relatively small, limited by lack of supplies and logistics. The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 - September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the military conflict of the American Revolution in which American Patriot forces under George Washington's command defeated the British, establishing and securing the independence of the United States.Fighting began on April 19, 1775 at the Battles of . [369] In November 1775, Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation that promised freedom to any Patriot-owned slaves willing to bear arms. [46] The most important was the 1733 Molasses Act; routinely ignored prior to 1763, it had a significant economic impact since 85% of New England rum exports were manufactured from imported molasses. [al] Its territory adjacent to the U.S. was relatively undefended, so Spanish policy developed a combination of initiatives. William S. Stryker, Adjutant General. Most significantly, it failed to end slavery which continued to be a serious social and political issue and caused divisions that would ultimately end in civil war. [217] Arnold escaped to New York and switched sides, an action justified in a pamphlet addressed "To the Inhabitants of America"; the Patriots condemned his betrayal, while he found himself almost as unpopular with the British. [273], The third element was a global war between France, Spain, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, with America serving as one of several different war theaters. The British were constrained by the logistical difficulty of transporting troops across the Atlantic and their dependence on local supplies. [206] The resulting Battle of Rhode Island was indecisive; badly damaged by a storm, the French withdrew to avoid putting their ships at risk. [248][aa] The war in the west stalemated with the British garrison sitting in Detroit and the Virginians expanding westward settlements north of the Ohio River in the face of British-allied Indian resistance. [372], Most Native Americans east of the Mississippi River were affected by the war, and many tribes were divided over how to respond to the conflict. [100] Aware of Native American leanings toward the British and fearing an Anglo-Indian attack from Canada, Congress authorized a second invasion in April 1775. [414][an] The number of Patriots seriously wounded or disabled by the war has been estimated from 8,500 to 25,000. In Nova Scotia, a province that had been a Massachusetts county in the 1600s, British settlement of freed black Loyalists from the American Revolutionary War secured its Canadian claim there. The majority of the latter died while prisoners of war of the British, mostly in the prison ships in New York Harbor. Reinforcements had to come from Europe, and maintaining large armies over such distances was extremely complex; ships could take three months to cross the Atlantic, and orders from London were often outdated by the time they arrived. [404], On April 9, 1783, Washington issued orders that he had long waited to give, that "all acts of hostility" were to cease immediately. December 1775 to February 1776 - The battalion was mustered and organized at Burlington and Trenton to consist of eight companies from Gloucester, Hunterdon, Burlington, Salem, and Sussex counties. For the thirteen years prior to the Anglo-American commercial, There had been native-born Spanish (hidalgo) uprisings in several American colonies during the American Revolution, contesting mercantilist reforms of Carlos III that had removed privileges inherited from the Conquistadors among. June 7, 1780 - The 2nd New Jersey took part in the Battle of Connecticut Farms, New Jersey. [77] Patriots generally supported independence from Britain and a new national union in Congress, while Loyalists remained faithful to British rule. [331] After the surrender at Yorktown, Clinton was relieved by Carleton, whose major task was to oversee the evacuation of Loyalists and British troops from Savannah, Charleston, and New York City. [254], Washington and Rochambeau, meanwhile, discussed their options. While well aware of this, the North administration delayed placing the Royal Navy on a war footing for cost reasons; this prevented the institution of an effective blockade and restricted them to ineffectual diplomatic protests. Record Group: July to August 1777 - A period of marching and countermarching ensued after the action a Short Hills. [62] However, since the petition was immediately followed by the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, Colonial Secretary Lord Dartmouth viewed the offer as insincere; he refused to present the petition to the king, which was therefore rejected in early September. The troops may have been housed once more in the old Pennsylvania Line huts at Mount Kemble. He was exchanged and later granted a leave by Congress in April 1783, to visit Europe. [45] With the exception of Virginia and others deprived of rights to western lands, the colonial legislatures agreed on the boundaries but disagreed on where to set them. [78], The Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, stood to benefit if the American Revolution evolved into a protracted war. [236] The assumption Loyalists would do most of the fighting left the British short of troops and battlefield victories came at the cost of losses they could not replace. [222] Prvost was replaced by Lord Cornwallis, who assumed responsibility for Germain's strategy; he soon realized estimates of Loyalist support were considerably over-stated, and he needed far larger numbers of regular forces. [374], Black Patriots were barred from the Continental Army until Washington convinced Congress in January 1778 that there was no other way to replace losses from disease and desertion. [218], The Southern Strategy was developed by Lord Germain, based on input from London-based Loyalists, including Joseph Galloway. June 8, 1776 - After enduring the retreat from Quebec, the regiment took part in the ill-executed action at Troise Riviers, Canada. [313] While Ferling argues Patriot victory was nothing short of a miracle,[314] Ellis suggests the odds always favored the Americans, especially after Howe squandered the chance of a decisive British success in 1776, an "opportunity that would never come again". If the upper limit of 70,000 is accepted as the total net loss for the Patriots, it would make the conflict proportionally deadlier than the. John Adams, who helped draft the treaty, claimed it represented "one of the most important political events that ever happened on the globe". The Treaties of Versailles resolved Britain's conflicts with France and Spain. On 7 June 1780, the 2nd New Jersey took part in the Battle of Connecticut Farms, New Jersey. [126] On August 27 at the Battle of Long Island, Howe outflanked Washington and forced him back to Brooklyn Heights, but he did not attempt to encircle Washington's forces. It started airing its 25 episode third season on June 7, 2010. [124] Over the course of the war, Washington spent more than 10 percent of his total military funds on military intelligence operations. In analysis of the Revolution, historians in recent decades have often cited three motivations behind it:[435], After the first U.S. postage stamp was issued in 1849, the U.S. These measures were followed by the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, which imposed additional taxes on the colonies to pay for defending the western frontier. 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Political power was not controlled by an aristocracy or nobility in the 13 colonies; instead, the colonial political system was based on the winners of free elections, which were open at the time to the majority of white men. British troops attack Swedesboro and march on towards Haddonfield. Report Attached to Letter from Col. Elias Dayton to Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler, August 15, 1776, Peter Force, ed., American Archives (Washington, D.C., 1837-53), 5 th Series, 1:1034-1035. Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. American patriots achieved several strategic victories in the South. THE SECRET LIFE OF KIDS is a comedic social experiment where we watch as kids approach topics such as love, hate, relationships and lying, all caught on hidden cameras. [339] The Hessian reputation within Germany for brutality also increased support for the Patriot cause among German-American immigrants. The unit formed part of the garrison there until November 13 when they returned to New Jersey. [141] Strategic deficiencies among Patriot forces were evident: Washington divided a numerically weaker army in the face of a stronger one, his inexperienced staff misread the military situation, and American troops fled in the face of enemy fire. June 26, 1777 - Stirling's Division was attacked at Short Hills by General William Howe's British and Hessian troops. On December 20, 1776, the Continental Congress abandoned the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia and moved to Baltimore, where it remained for over two months, until February 27, 1777. [411] It imposed a high tariff on American goods, then blocked American settler access to the port of New Orleans. [273] After entering the Revolutionary War in 1778, France provided the Americans money, weapons, soldiers, and naval assistance, while French troops fought under U.S. command in North America. December 16, 1778 to May 29, 1779 - The unit was ordered into winter quarters at or near Newark, New Jersey, where they remained until spring. Virginia militia, Canadien settlers, and Indian allies commanded by Colonel George Rogers Clark captured Kaskaskia on July 4 amd then secured Vincennes, though Vincennes was recaptured by Quebec Governor Henry Hamilton. [384], Lord North, Prime Minister since 1770, delegated control of the war in North America to Lord George Germain and the Earl of Sandwich, who was head of the Royal Navy from 1771 to 1782. [375] Ultimately, around 5,000 African-Americans served in the Continental Army and Navy in a variety of roles, while another 4,000 were employed in Patriot militia units, aboard privateers, or as teamsters, servants, and spies. September 2, 1781 - The American forces passed through Philadelphia on their way south; the following day the French army under General Rochambeau marched through the city. [355] It was a mixed regiment of 250 dragoons and 200 infantry supported by batteries of flying artillery. Relieved on October 21, 1776 from Stark's Brigade and assigned to St. Clair's Brigade, an element of the, Relieved on November 14, 1776 from St. Clair's Brigade and assigned to the. The 1782 Battle of Blue Licks was one of the last major engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The uprising was suppressed quickly with the execution of two of its leaders. This is also one of the foremost times that the colonies were referred to as "United States", rather than the more common United Colonies. [155], The 1776 campaign demonstrated that regaining New England would be a prolonged affair, which led to a change in British strategy. [240] It also helped support the American campaign in the west; in the 1778 Illinois campaign, militia under General George Rogers Clark. "Bernardo de Glvez y Madrid's Very Good Year". History of the Jersey Brigade. Battles such as the Battle of Bennington, the Battles of Saratoga, and even defeats such as the Battle of Germantown, proved decisive in gaining the attention and support of powerful European nations, including France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic; the Dutch, impressed by these American victories and conflicts, moved from covertly supplying the Americans with weapons and supplies to overtly supporting them. [361], Women also assumed military roles: aside from military tasks like treating the wounded or setting up camp, some dressed as men to directly support combat, fight, or act as spies on both sides of the Revolutionary War. He became colonel of the same regiment on January 1, 1777 after Silas Newcomb resigned the position. In addition to other skirmishes during the spring and summer, these men saw action on June 26, 1781 at Spencer's Ordinary, near Williamsburg. [197] Traditional British policy was to employ European land-based allies to divert the opposition, a role filled by Prussia in the Seven Years' War; in 1778, they were diplomatically isolated and faced war on multiple fronts. After Saratoga, the two countries signed a commercial agreement and a Treaty of Alliance in February 1778. Col Israel Shreve evacuates from Haddonfield about 2 am, Sunday morning , the 5th of April and speed marches his troops his troops to Mount Holly. The final elements for US victory over Britain and US independence was assured by direct military intervention from France, as well as ongoing French supply and commercial trade over the final three years of the war. [162] Now isolated and outnumbered by Gates, Burgoyne continued onto Albany rather than retreating to Fort Ticonderoga, reaching Saratoga on September 13. He had been a successor to John Jay as president of Congress and with Franklin was a member of the American Philosophical Society. Ebenezer Elmer, surgeon's mate and then surgeon to the 2nd New Jersey Regiment from 1777 to 1783, recorded the end of the war in his diary. [386] The terms presented by the Carlisle Peace Commission included acceptance of the principle of self-government. [319], Over the course of the war, there were four separate British commanders-in-chief. A former Continental Army General, James Wilkinson settled in Kentucky County, Virginia in 1784, and there he fostered settler secession from Virginia during the Spanish-allied Chickamauga Cherokee war. [57][u] Expecting concessions by the North administration, Congress authorized the extralegal committees and conventions of the colonial legislatures to enforce the boycott; this succeeded in reducing British imports by 97% from 1774 to 1775. This account book was kept by Captain Thomas Patterson's Second Company, Third New Jersey Continental Regiment from February 11, 1776 to May 14, 1778. The British responded by repealing earlier taxation measures. Continental Regiments, 1st New Jersey Regiment 2d New Jersey Regiment 3d New Jersey Regiment 4th New Jersey Regiment Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment Forman's Additional Continental Regiment State Militia Units. See the search tips and database description pages for more information. Kentucky County, Virginia, for instance, had a 1775 population of 150. In addition to as many as 30% deaths in port cities, and especially high rates among the closely confined prisoner-of-war ships, scholars have reported large numbers lost among the Mexican population, and large percentage losses among the American Indian along trade routes, Atlantic to Pacific, Eskimo to Aztec. In 1782, large scale retaliations between settlers and Native Americans in the region included the Gnadenhutten massacre and the Crawford expedition. Ogden was described by one historian as a "brave and gallant soldier". Trenton, NJ. [411], The total loss of life throughout the conflict is largely unknown. The most critical combat between the two partisan militias was at the Battle of Kings Mountain; the Patriot victory irreversibly impaired any further Loyalist militia capability in the South. Laurens was president of the Second Continental Congress at this time. [68] Within a year, it had an army of over 32,000 men in America, the largest ever sent outside Europe at the time. The 2nd New Jersey Regiment was raised, on October 9, 1775, at Trenton, New Jersey for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel William Maxwell. [107], In Virginia, an attempt by Governor Lord Dunmore to seize militia stores on April 20, 1775, led to an increase in tension, although conflict was avoided for the time being. [112] Loyalists were recruited in North Carolina to reassert British rule in the South, but they were decisively defeated in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. [64], Backed by the Whigs, Parliament initially rejected the imposition of coercive measures by 170 votes, fearing an aggressive policy would simply drive the Americans towards independence. The two victories helped convince the French that the Americans were worthy military allies. December, 1776 First New Jersey Regiment is reorganized. On May 29, Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton's mainly Loyalist force routed a Continental Army force nearly three times its size under the command of Colonel Abraham Buford at the Battle of Waxhaws. Despite criticism from his junior officers, Cornwallis retained the confidence of his peers and later held a series of senior government positions. To learn when and where the attack would occur Washington asked for a volunteer among the Rangers to spy on activity behind enemy lines in. Britain continued its last "Bourbon War" with the French and Spanish primarily amidst their mutually conflicting territorial claims adjacent the Caribbean Sea, including Jamaica, adjacent the Mediterranean Sea including, Three branches of the United States Military trace their roots to the American Revolutionary War; the Army comes from the. It was assigned on December 27, 1776 to the Main Continental Army. [59] In July, the Restraining Acts limited colonial trade with the British West Indies and Britain and barred New England ships from the Newfoundland cod fisheries. While Spain did not formally join the war in America, they provided access to the Mississippi River and captured British possessions on the Gulf of Mexico that denied bases to the Royal Navy, retook Menorca and besieged Gibraltar in Europe. The Virginia General Assembly later cited her bravery: she fought while dressed as a man and "performed extraordinary military services, and received a severe wound at the battle of Germantown with the courage of a soldier". With the army's right flank defeated, the battle was lost and the Americans retreated to Chester, PA. During the fighting on Birmingham hill, Colonel Israel Shreve was wounded in the thigh and did not return to duty until November. The war was formalized and intensified following passage of the Lee Resolution, which asserted that the Thirteen Colonies were "free and independent states", by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 2, 1776 and the unanimous ratification of the Declaration of Independence two days later, on July 4, 1776.
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