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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New Jersey Line canonical 3

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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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