Revolutionary War papers restored

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[the OlLine Rebel]

Did militia wear that officially? I know it would’ve been LATE official CONTINENTAL uniform, but don’t know anything about militia.

[Pharmboy]

Great question, and hard to know the answer. I believe the Assunpink refers to the second battle of Trenton, although I am not sure. And, as far as South Carolina, you are absolutely right: there were many, many skirmishes there, often between loyalists and patriots without a British presence!

But that was also common in Westchester County, NY, which was a no-man's land when the Brits occupied NYC to the south. The loyalists were supplying beef to the Brits (and were called 'cowboys') and they fought with patriots often.

And in NJ, since the Brits were close by, there were also many skirmishes here.

But remember: anywhere the General fought, gets much ink, and he was present at Monmouth, Brooklyn, Harlem Heights, White Plains, Trenton and Princeton. Springfield was an important fight here in NJ, but the General was not there and it is thus almost unknown.

But, it would take a RevWar battle/skirmish scholar much more knowledgeable than I to really answer your question.

[Pharmboy]

I believe that was militia, but I will do more research in the books I have at home. Meanwhile, here's something:

The American Soldier, 1781

The troops in this painting wear the uniforms prescribed in the regulations of 1779 and supplied at the time of the Yorktown campaign -- blue coats with distinctive facings for the infantry regiments from four groups of states: New England; New York and New Jersey; Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia; and the Carolinas and Georgia. All of the infantry coats were lined with white and had white buttons. All troops wore white overalls and waistcoats.

A lieutenant in the right foreground is recognizable by the epaulette on his left shoulder. He is in the uniform worn by the troops from New York and New Jersey, blue faced with buff. On his cocked hat he wears the black and white "Union" cockade introduced by General Washington in July 1780, emblematic of the union of the American and French Armies. He holds an espontoon, the weapon carried by all company officers and sergeants in addition to their swords.

To the left of the lieutenant stands a private of artillery in the blue coat faced with red and lined with red, trimmed with yellow of the artillery.

In the background, from left to right, are the New England troops from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut in blue faced with white, and a drummer in the reversed colors (behind the espontoon). Then come musicians in red faced with blue, the reversed colors of the units from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. At the far right are two field officers from these same states in blue coats faced with red, with epaulettes on both shoulders; the one on horseback wears a gorget, an officer's insignia worn in most European armies of the period.

The above explanation and painting comes from here. Notice the pants are white and not buff in the NJ infantryman.

[Whitebread]

Jersey Boys:

The first organized militia regiment in the Western World was formed in 1673 at Piscataway, New Jersey. 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 Third New Jersey Regiment was mustered during the American Revolution and has a claim to be part of the longest history of any U.S. military unit as the name, "Jersey Blues", continues today with elements of the New Jersey National Guard.

http://www.jerseyblues.org/

[huldah1776]

That’s respect of the nation at its best. /sarc
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[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the info [Johnnie Carson voice]: “I did not know that.”

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Great recounting of the battle in Washington’s Crossing.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“the equivalent of two hours billable time with a junior Philadelphia Lawyer to write up, say, a will...”

...and only 100 times what it would cost a clerk in Hawaii to cough up a birth certificate.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I thought Springfield wasn’t really fought. (I don’t have my book referring to it in detail, since my mother stole it and I haven’t found it yet in years.) I thought there was threat of a fight but nothing really happened. Von Steuben involved? (Or another German, can’t remember.)

[Pharmboy]

[the OlLine Rebel]

June 7 to June 23???? What was this, a siege?

[andyandval]

For all of you who enjoyed this thread, the NJ archives has a nice photo display of the original documents and the restoration process...

New Jersey Dept. of State: Saving America’s Treasures

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[andyandval]

Welcome!

[Eye of Unk]

We really do need to re-read our history of the American Revolution, from Washington’s tactics to the Boston Tea Party.

There is some hidden wisdom just waiting to be revitalized and used today.

That is if anybody cares.