New Jersey Line

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The New Jersey Line was a formation of Continental Army regiments raised in New Jersey that served as the colony’s primary contribution to the Patriot forces during the American Revolutionary War.

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Label Occurrences
New Jersey Line canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Continental Army line ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance Patriot forces ⓘ
associatedWith New Jersey in the American Revolution ⓘ
associatedWithEvent winter at Valley Forge ⓘ
composedOf 1st New Jersey Regiment ⓘ
2nd New Jersey Regiment ⓘ
3rd New Jersey Regiment ⓘ
4th New Jersey Regiment ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
disbanded at the end of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
endTime 1783 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Brandywine ⓘ
Battle of Germantown ⓘ
Battle of Long Island ⓘ
Battle of Monmouth ⓘ
Battle of Princeton ⓘ
Battle of Trenton ⓘ
Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
garrison New Jersey ⓘ
governedBy Continental Congress regulations ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
militaryBranch infantry ⓘ
militaryFormationSize several regiments ⓘ
notableCommander Elias Dayton ⓘ
Ephraim Martin ⓘ
Israel Shreve ⓘ
William Maxwell ⓘ
partOf Continental Army ⓘ
New Jersey quota of the Continental Army ⓘ
primaryContributionOf New Jersey to the Continental Army ⓘ
raisedFor war against Great Britain ⓘ
raisedIn Province of New Jersey ⓘ
recruitedFrom New Jersey militia ⓘ
role campaign operations against British forces ⓘ
field army service ⓘ
garrison duty ⓘ
startTime 1775 ⓘ
1776 ⓘ
subordinateTo George Washington ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Middle Colonies ⓘ
Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
typeOfUnit line infantry ⓘ

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