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The act of the Legislature of March 11th, "not fully answer. ing the purposes thereby intended," was amended June 14th,
* Continental Money.
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1780, by calling for six hundred and twenty-four men to be raised in the several counties of this State, to continue in service until the Ist day of January, 1781, they to be raised in the following proportion :
Bergen, thirty-three men; Essex, forty-five; Middlesex, forty- seven ; Monmouth, sixty; Somerset, fifty-four; Burlington, sixty-five ; Gloucester, fifty-one; Salem, fifty-one; Cape May, thirteen ; Hunterdon, eighty-four ; Morris, fifty-one; Cumber- land, thirty ; Sussex, fifty.
On the 25th day of June, 1781, it was found necessary by the Legislature to adopt still more effectual means of completing the quota of troops. The deficit at this date was four hundred and fifty men. Recruiting officers were then appointed in the several counties as follows :
Bergen, Captain Peter Ward; Essex, Ephraim Marsh, Jr .; Middlesex, Captain Robert Ross; Monmouth, Gilbert Long- street; Somerset, Captain Nathaniel Porter; Burlington, Captain Marmaduke Curtis; Gloucester, Captain John Davis; Salem, Captain John Kelley; Cape May, Lieutenant Amos Cresse ; Hunterdon, Captain John Mott; Morris, Captain Jacob Arnold ; Cumberland, Captain Amos Woodruff ; Sussex, Captain George Reynolds.
The bounty then authorized to be paid to each recruit was twelve pounds in gold or silver. One shilling in gold, silver, or copper coin was allowed him per day, in lieu of subsistence, until he was mustered and marched to join his regiment. Thirty shillings in coin were given each recruiting officer who procured a man able to pass muster. These volunteers, unlike those enbodied for the Continental troops in 1780, were engaged to serve during the war.
In the summer of 1780 a committee of Congress was appointed to make the "arrangement" for the officers of the First, Second, and Third Regiments of this State. It appears that many of the line officers of the second establishment, rather than be retired as supernumeraries, accepted assignment to duty in a lower grade than that theretofore held by them.
The following is the roster of the officers of these regiments under the third, or last establishment for troops :
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Continental Troops, Jersey Line, Field and Staff: First Regiment, Matthias Ogden, Colonel; David Brearley, Lieu- tenant-Colonel, resigned; Daniel Piatt, Major, died; Jacob Piatt, Adjutant ; Peter Lott, Quartermaster, resigned ; Cyrus D'Hart, Paymaster; David Ervin, Surgeon ; Stephen Ball, Sur- geon's Mate, resigned.
Company Officers : Jonathan Forman, John Flahaven, re- signed ; Giles Mead, Alexander Mitchell, Peter V. Voorhies (killed), John Holmes, Captains; John Ogden, Captain-Lieu- tenant ; Jacob Piatt, Lieutenant and Adjutant, resigned ; Wil- liam Piatt, Lieutenant ; Cyrus D'Hart, Lieutenant and Paymas- ter; John Howell, William Barton, promoted Quartermaster ; Absalom Martin, Ephraim Whitlock, Eden Burrowes, Lieu- tenants.
Captain-Lieutenant Aaron Ogden, promoted Captain, after- wards promoted Brigade-Major and Aid-de-Camp; Lieutenant Jacob Piatt, promoted Captain-Lieutenant, afterwards Captain, and resigned ; Lieutenant William Piatt, promoted Captain ; .
Lieutenant Cyrus D'Hart, promoted Captain-Lieutenant, after- wards Captain.
Peter Lott, Ensign and Quartermaster ; Jonathan Snowden, Samuel Seely, Silas Parrit, Absalom Bonham, Aaron Rhea (re- signed), Asher Levy (resigned), John Geary (resigned), John Bishop, Ensigns.
Lieutenant Nathaniel Leonard (Third Regiment), promoted Captain-Lieutenant, promoted Captain, Third Regiment ; Lieu- tenant John Howell, promoted Captain ; Lieutenant and Quar- termaster William Barton, promoted Captain ; Lieutenant Absa- lom Martin, promoted Captain ; Lieutenant Ephraim Whitlock, promoted Adjutant ; Ensign Peter Lott, promoted Lieutenant and Quartermaster ; Ensign Jonathan Snowden, promoted Lieu- tenant ; Ensigns Samuel Seely, Silas Parrit, and Absalom Bon- ham, promoted Lieutenants; Sergeant William Tuttle (Third Regiment), promoted Ensign ; William Anderson and Cornelius R. Suydam, appointed Ensigns.
Captain Cyrus D'Hart, transferred to Second Regiment ; Lieutenant Jonathan Snowden, transferred to " Lee's Legion," Continental Army.
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Second Regiment : Israel Shreve, Colonel; William D'Hart, Lieutenant-Colonel, resigned; Richard Howell, Major, resigned ; Luther Halsey, Adjutant; Derick Lane, Quartermaster; John Peck, Paymaster and Lieutenant, resigned Paymaster; Ebenezer Elmer, Surgeon ; Moses G. Elmer, Surgeon's Mate.
Major John N. Cumming (First Regiment), promoted Lieu- tenant-Colonel, promoted Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant, Third Regiment ; Major Jonathan Forman (Third Regiment), promoted Lieutenant Colonel; Captain John Ross (Third Regi- ment), promoted Major, appointed Brigade-Major and inspector, "Jersey Brigade ;" Captain Richard Cox (First Regiment), promoted Major.
Company Officers : John Hollinshead, John N. Cumming, Samuel Reading, Nathaniel Bowman, Jonathan Phillips, Wil- liam Helms, Captains; Samuel Hendry, Captain-Lieutenant.
Samuel Neglee, resigned ; Jonathan Holmes, Aaron Lane, resigned, Abel Weyman, Lieutenants ; Derick Lane, Lieutenant and Quartermaster ; Luther Halsey, Lieutenant and Adjutant ; John Peck, Lieutenant and Paymaster; Samuel Conn, Lieuten- ant; Abraham Stout, Abraham Appleton, Nathaniel Jenkins. (resigned), John Shreve (resigned), Samuel Shute, James Paul, Jonathan Rhea, Benajah Osmun, George Walker, Ensigns.
John Hutchins, resigned; Captain-Lieutenant Samuel Hendry, promoted Captain ; Captain Cyrus D'Hart, transferred from : First Regiment ; Captain Bateman Lloyd, transferred from Third Regiment, resigned ; Lieutenant Jonathan Holmes pro- moted Captain ; Lieutenant Abel Weyman, promoted Captain- Lieutenant, afterwards Captain ; Lieutenant and Quartermaster Derick Lane, promoted Captain-Lieutenant, afterwards Captain ; Ensigns Abraham Stout, Abraham Appleton, John Shreve, Samuel Shute, James Paul, Jonathan Rhea, Benajah Osmun, George Walker, promoted Lieutenants, and John Hutchins appointed Lieutenant ; William Shute, appointed Ensign, and promoted Paymaster ; Sergeant Joseph Buck, promoted Ensign, afterwards Lieutenant ; Sergeant Moses Sprowls, promoted Ensign ; John Hopper, Jacob Hyer, Jr., Almerin Brooks, appointed Ensigns ; Sergeant Peter Faulkner (" Lee's Legion"), promoted Ensign ; Sergeant Francis Luce, appointed Ensign.
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Third Regiment, Field and Staff: Elias Dayton, Colonel, promoted Brigadier-General, Continental Army ; Francis Barber, Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant, killed; John Conway, Major; Samuel Shippard, Adjutant, resigned; Ephraim Darby, Quarter- master ; Jonathan Dayton, Paymaster ; Lewis F. Dunham, Sur- geon, resigned ; Ephraim Loree (or Loring), Surgeon's Mate, resigned ; Andrew Hunter, Chaplain of Regiment and Brigade ; Lieutenant-Colonel John N. Cumming (Second Regiment), pro- moted' Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant; Captain John Hol- linshead (Second Regiment), promoted Major, resigned ; Cap- tain Jonathan Forman (First Regiment), promoted Major, promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, Second Regiment ; Captain Na- thaniel Bowman (Second Regiment), promoted Major; Surgeon's Mate Jacob Harris (First Regiment), promoted Surgeon.
Company Officers: John Ross, promoted Major (Second Regiment); William Gifford, resigned, Richard Cox, Jeremiah Ballard, Joseph I. Anderson, Bateman Lloyd, Captains; Seth Johnson, Captain-Lieutenant, resigned ; Jonathan Dayton, pro- moted Captain-Lieutenant and Paymaster; Nathaniel Leonard, promoted Captain-Lieutenant, afterwards Major; Edmund D. Thomas, Lieutenant; Samuel Shippard, Lieutenant and Adju- tant ; Ephraim Darby, Lieutenant and Quartermaster; John Blair, Benjamin Horn, resigned, John Reed, Lieutenants ; John Ruecastle, promoted Lieutenant ; Nathan Wilkison, promoted Lieutenant, resigned ; William Kersey, promoted Lieutenant, resigned ; Jarvis Bloomfield, promoted Lieutenant, resigned ; Wessel T. Stout, promoted Lieutenant, afterwards Captain by Brevet ; James Rodgers (killed), James De Camp (resigned), Ensigns.
Captain Joseph I. Anderson, transferred to First Regiment ; Captain Jonathan Dayton, transferred to First Regiment ; Cap- tain Jeremiah Ballard, transferred to Second Regiment ; Captain Richard Cox, transferred to First Regiment; Captain Bateman Lloyd, transferred to Second Regiment.
General Maxwell contined to command the Jersey Brigade until he resigned in 1780. Colonel Elias Dayton, as senior officer, then assumed command and remained as such until the close of the war.
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On the 21st of September, 1781, the three regiments landed at James River, Virginia, about five miles from Williamsburg, and were employed in all the labor of the siege, and were present at the surrender of Yorktown, on the 19th of October.
The news of the cessation of hostilities was announced in the camp of the brigade, April 19th, 1783, and the " Jersey Line" were discharged November 3d, 1783. During the summer and fall of 1776, soldiers of this State, as officers or enlisted men, began to join organizations raised directly by authority of Con- gress, or those of the Continental Line of other States.
A list of these organizations is here given, with the com- missioned officers, residents of New Jersey, who were attached to each command at various times during the war :
Spencer's Regiment, Continental Army .- By authority of Congress, Colonel Oliver Spencer, an officer in the State troops as well as the militia, organized a battalion or regiment for the Continental Army about the time the Second Establishment was completed. Composed as it was nearly, if not entirely, of Jerseymen, it is often referred to as the Fifth Battalion, "Jersey Line." The strength of this command appears to have been about one hundred and seventy men, although a return, dated March, 1779, shows but one hundred and forty soldiers in the regiment.
Oliver Spencer, Colonel; Eleazer Lindsley, Lieutenant-Col- onel, resigned, and William Smith was appointed Lieutenant- Colonel ; John Burrowes, Captain and Major; James Bonnel, Adjutant ; John McEwen, Ensign and Quartermaster ; Jabez Campfield, Surgeon ; John Dorsey, Surgeon's Mate ; Benjamin Weatherby, James Broderick, John Sandford, William Bull, Abraham Neally, Archibald Dallas, Captains; Anthony Max- well, Robert Pemberton, Lieutenants and Captains; James Bonnel, Lieutenant, Adjutant, and Captain ; John Orr, Peter Taulman, Finch Gildersleeve, William Sitcher, Uzal Meeker, Barne Ogden, Lieutenants; Andrew Thompson, John Reed, Moses Ogden, Ensigns.
Forman's Regiment, Continental Army .- Brigadier-General David Forman, of the militia, resigned his office as such to accept the command of a regiment organized under the auspices
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of Congress. It was recruited principally from Maryland. A "return" of December, 1778, shows this State to have had but sixty-eight men in the organization. But three officers appear from New Jersey: David Forman, Colonel; John Burrowes, Captain, afterwards Major, "Spencer's Regiment ;" - Pat- terson, Lieutenant.
Lee's Legion, Continental Army .- The "Legion" of cavalry commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lee, of Virginia, contained nearly one hundred Jerseymen. The officers from this State were: James Heard, Cornet, Lieutenant, Paymaster and Captain ; Jonathan Snowden, Lieutenant, formerly of First Regiment, "Jersey Line."
Hazen's Regiment (Second Canadian), Continental Army .- On the 22d of January, 1776, Colonel Moses Hazen was ap- pointed by Congress to this command. There were two officers and ten enlisted men in this regiment from New Jersey. Both officers remained in the regiment until the close of the war. Richard Lloyd, Captain; James Anderson, Lieutenant.
Lamb's Artillery (Second Regiment Artillery), Continental Army .- The commission of Colonel John Lamb, of New York, is dated January Ist, 1777. This organization was stationed in New Jersey several times during the war, and received a number of recruits, especially from the counties of Burlington and Somerset. We find three officers: Chilleon Ford, Second Lieu- tenant and Quartermaster; Garret Tunison, Surgeon, and William Pennington, Second Lieutenant.
Sheldon's Regiment, Light Dragoons, Continental Army .- This regiment, sometimes called the Second Regiment, Light Dragoons, was commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon, of Connecticut. Although this State had an officer in this organiza- tion, most of the soldiers joined the companies commanded by officers of other States. David Edgar, of New Jersey, was a Captain.
Fourth Regiment, Light Dragoons, Continental Army .- This regiment appears to have performed its service mostly in the South. The commanding officer achieved a national reputation as a brilliant cavalry leader. Anthony Walton White, Lieu- tenant-Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, formerly
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Third Battalion, First Establishment, "Jersey Line;" John Craig, Captain.
Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers, Continental Army .- Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin, of Massachusetts, commanded this efficient regiment. New Jersey had, at different times, about thirty men connected with it. Three of these were officers: Jeremiah Bruen, Captain and Major; Joseph King, Paymaster; Eleazer Little, Lieutenant.
Moylan's Regiment, Continental Army .- Colonel Stephen Moylan, of Pennsylvania, commanding officer. Two officers were from New Jersey: John Heard, Lieutenant-Captain ; Zebulon Pike, Cornet, Adjutant, Lieutenant, Paymaster, and Captain.
Livingston's Regiment, Continental Army .- This organization was commanded by Colonel James Livingston, of New York. The only Jersey officer was Thomas Reed, Surgeon.
Sappers and Miners, Continental Army .- Anthony Reckless, Lieutenant, and a number of enlisted men.
Congress' Own Regiment, Continental Army .- James Herron, Captain.
Commander-in-Chief's Guard, Continental Army .- This corps, called also "The Life Guard," and " Washington's Body Guard," was a distinct organization of picked men. It consisted of one hundred and eighty men, and its first officer was Caleb Gibbs, of Rhode Island, Captain-Commandant. William Colfax, of New Jersey, was a Lieutenant at the organization, and was the successor of Gibbs, ranking as Captain. The soldiers were all selected from the ranks of the army, their good character and soldierly bearing being a prerequisite to their receiving this honor. Every State was represented in the "Guards." Its motto was, " CONQUER OR DIE."
The following General Order issued by General Washington, gives the authority for the reorganization, composition, and continuance of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard :
" GENERAL ORDER NO. II.
" HEADQUARTERS,
" VALLEY FORGE March 17th, '78.
"One hundred chosen men are to be annexed to the Guard
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of the Commander-in-Chief for the purpose of forming a corps to be instructed in the manœuvres necessary to be introduced into the army and to serve as a model for the execution of them. As the General's Guard is composed of Virginians, the hundred draughts will be taken from the troops of the other States.
" Description of the men : Height from five feet eight inches to five feet ten inches. Age from twenty to thirty years, robust constitution, well-limbed, formed for activity, and men of established characters for sobriety and fidelity. They must "be Americans born."
The following soldiers from New Jersey were attached to this corps at different times during the war: William Colfax, Lieutenant and Captain; John Fenton, Drummer; Samuel Bailey, Robert Blair, Benjamin Bonnel, Lewis Campbell, Benja- min Eaton, George Farmer, Stephen Hatfield, Levi Johnson, Laban Landon, Jasper Longley, William Martin, Jonathan Moore, Joseph Shipman, Enos Wells, Samuel Wortman, Pri- vates.
. In the following organizations we find enlisted men, but no officers from this State :
German Regiment, Continental Army .- Colonel Lewis Welt- ner, of Pennsylvania, commanding.
Pulaski Legion, Continental Army .- Commanded by Count Cassimer Pulaski, who was killed at the siege of Savannah, Georgia, October 9th, 1779.
Invalid Corps, Continental Army .- This corps was organized by Congress, June 20th, 1777, and was commanded by Colonel Lewis Nicola, of Pennsylvania.
Baylor's Light Dragoons, Continental Army .- Colonel George Baylor, of Virginia, commanding. This officer was an aid-de- camp to General Washington at the battle of Trenton, and was the bearer of despatches to Congress after the fight.
OFFICIAL ROSTER OF CONTINENTAL TROOPS, NEW JERSEY LINE.
William Alexander (Lord Stirling), Major-General ; Elias Dayton, William Maxwell, Brigadier-Generals; David Forman, Ephraim Martin, Silas Newcomb, Matthias Ogden, Israel Shreve, Oliver Spencer, Anthony Walton White, William Winds, Colo- nels ; Francis Barber, David Brearley, Aaron Burr, John Con-
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way, John N. Cumming, William D'Hart, Jonathan Forman, Eleazer Lindsley, Henry B. Livingston, David Rhea, William Smith, Lieutenant-Colonels; William Barber, Joseph Bloom- field, Nathaniel Bowman, Jeremiah Bruen, Ichabod Burnet, John Burrowes, Richard Cox, Maurice D'Hart, John Doughty, John Hollinshead, Ebenezer Howell, Richard Howell, Rev. Thomas Morrell, Joseph Morris, Aaron Ogden, Daniel Piatt, John Polhemus, Samuel Reading, John Ross, James Wither- spoon, Majors ; Alexander Clough, Luther Halsey, Joseph King, Samuel Shippard, Ephraim Whitlock, Adjutants; Charles Axford, Leonidas Chapin, Joseph Clark, Ephraim Darby, Ephraim Douglass, Chilleon Ford, Matthias Halstead, Peter Lott, John McEwen, Nathaniel Ogden, Joseph Periam, Thomas Laffin, Israel Smith, Quartermasters; Joseph King, William Shute, Robert Spencer, Paymasters ; William M. Barnet, Moses Bloom- field, William Burnet, William Burnet, Jr., George W. Camp- bell, Jabez Campfield, John Cochran, Lewis F. Dunham, Ebene- zer Elmer, David Ervin, Jacob Harris, James Holmes, Jonathan Horton, Lewis Howell, Charles McCarter, Frederick Otto, Thomas Reed, John B. Riker, Moses Scott, Garret Tunison, Samuel Vickars, Lewis Wilson, John Witherspoon, Surgeons; Abraham Appleton, Stephen Ball, John Dorsey, Moses G. Elmer, Robert R. Henry, Ephraim Loree (or Loring), Jonathan F. Morris, Thomas C. Read, Ebenezer Stockton, Surgeon's Mates ; James F. Armstrong, James Caldwell, - Cox, Andrew Hunter, John Mason, Alexander McWhorter, Elihu Spencer, Chaplains ; Elias Boudinot, John Beatty, Commissary-Generals of Prisoners ; John Bray, John Campbell, Joseph Curry, Eleanor Henry, James Paxton, Thomas Stockton, Sarah Stump, Henry D. Tripp, Minne Voorhies, Theunis Voorhies, Isaac Vreden- burgh, John Vredenburgh, Officers in Medical Department.
Ephraim Anderson, John Anderson, Joseph I. Anderson, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremiah Ballard, William Barton, William Bond, James Bonnel, Joseph Brearley, James Broderick, Wil- liam Bull, William Colfax, John Craig, William Crane, Archi- bald Dallas, Jonathan Dayton, Cyrus D'Hart, Peter Dickerson, James Dillon, David Edgar, William Faulkner, John Flahaven, Samuel Flanningham (or Flanagan), Thomas M. Foreman,
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Robert Gaston, William Gifford, William Gorden, James Heard, John Heard, William Helms, Samuel Hendry, Cornelius Hen- nion, James Herron, James Holmes, John Holmes, Jonathan Holmes, John Howell, Silas Howell, William Eugene Imlay, Seth Johnson, Jonathan Kinsey, David Kirkpatrick, Derick Lane, James Lawrie, Nathaniel Leonard, Bateman Lloyd, Richard Lloyd, Elias Longstreet, Henry Luce, Abraham Lyon, Absalom Martin, Jacob Martin, Anthony Maxwell, James Max- well, `Giles Mead, Joseph Meeker, John Mercer, Alexander Mitchell, Andrew McMires, Isaac Morrison, John Mott, Abra- ham Neely, John Parkhurst, Thomas Patterson, John Pearson, Robert Pemberton, Jonathan Phillips, Jacob Piatt, William Piatt, Zebulon Pike, Samuel Potter, Thomas Reading, Jacob Rosecrantz, John Sandford, John B. Scott, Anthony Sharp, Archibald Shaw, John Sparks, Joseph Stout, John Van Anglen, Peter V. Voorhies, Noadiah Wade, Benjamin Weatherby, Abel Weyman, Isaiah Wool, Thomas Yard, Captains.
Augustine Anderson, James Anderson, Abraham Appleton, John Blair, Jarvis Bloomfield, Absalom Bonham, John Brown, Joseph Buck, Eden Burrowes, Thomas Colyer, Samuel Conn, James Giles, Finch Gildersleeve, Thomas Hays, Benjamin Horn, James Hurley, John Hutchins, William Kersey, Shepherd Kol- lock, Aaron Lane, Eleazer Little, John McCollum, Uzal Meeker, John Munn, -- Nash, Samuel Neglee, Barne Ogden, William Oliver, John Orr, Benajah Osmun, Henry Parkinson, Silas Parrit, - Patterson (Forman's Regiment), Paul James, John Peck, Anthony Reckless, John Reed, Jonathan Rhea, John Ruecastle, Peter Rutan, Samuel Seely, John Shreve, Samuel Shute, William Sitcher, Hiram Smith, Jonathan Snowden, Abraham Stout, Wessel T. Stout, Peter Taulman, William Van Cleaf, George Walker, Nathan Wilkison, Lieutenants.
Rinear Blanchard, William Bostwick, Seth Bowen, Zopher Carnes, William Clark, Lewis J. Costigan, Marmaduke Curtis, Francis Duclos, Stephen Dunham, Richard Edsall, Hendrick Fisher, Mahlon Ford, Henry Fries, Robert Hagan, James Hallet, - Harker, Isaac Harrison, Jacob Kemper, Theodore Little, Peter Low, John Martin, William McMichael, William Norcross, William Parrot, Edward Patterson, Constant Peck,
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John Reading, Robert Robertson, Curtenius Schenck, Josiah Seely, Joseph Skelton, Jeremiah Smith, Edmund D. Thomas, David Tuttle, First Lieutenants.
James Ashman, Samuel Axford, Samuel Breckenridge, Jona- than Brewer, Daniel Brown, George Cook, Francis Costigan, Aaron Day, Edgar Gaulidet, Ralph Guild, Samuel Hackett, John Hagan, Samuel Hazlett, John Higgins, Elisha Holmes, Richard Johnson, John Kinney, Abraham Lane, Benjamin Lawrence, William McDonald, William S. Pennington, Daniel Pierson, John Pipes, Josiah Quimby, John Reed, George Rey- nolds, George Ross, Thomas Ryerson, Samuel Schooley, Buddle Shinn, Thomas Sickles, Lewis Woodruff, Nathan Wright, Second Lieutenants.
William Anderson, Ebenezer Axtell, Andrew Bankson, - Beatty, John Bishop, Peter Bowne, Almerin Brooks, David Brown, William Carter, William Catarich, Matthew Clunn, Thomas Coachey, George Cottnam, James Craig, David Dare, James DeCamp, Ezekiel Dennis, George Ewing, Peter Faulkner, Glover Fithian, John Geary, Thomas Harbert, John Hopper, James Howell, Martin Hurley, Jacob Hyer, Jr., Nathaniel Jenkins, James Johnson, William Kerr, Thomas Kinney, Asher Levy, Jacob Ludlam, Francis Luce, Simeon Mash, George McFarland, Jonathan F. Morris, Moses Ogden, John Phillips, John Reed, John Reeves, Aaron Rhea, James Rodgers, Lewis Rue, Nathaniel Salmon, James Scobey, Thomas Smith, James Sprowls, Moses Sprowls, - Stewart, Cornelius R. Suydam, William Tenbrook, Andrew Thompson, William Tuttle, Wil- liam Van Cleve, Peter Van Deventer, Clement Wood, Ensigns.
William Barr, Warren Cotman, George Grant, John Howe, John Minthorn, Barnet Mooney, - Roberts, - Younglove, Sergeant-Majors.
Sergeant Bredon, James Burgess, - Harker, George Mc- Donald, Hector McNeil, Quartermaster-Sergeants.
Matthew Parvin, Commissary-Sergeant."
James Bowers, Jabez Bigelow, William Burtless, Richard Jobs, Drum-Majors.
Thomas Powell, Fife-Major.
These different establishments of New Jersey troops in the
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Revolutionary service, comprised one Major-General, two Brigadier-Generals, eight Colonels, eleven Lieutenant-Colonels, twenty Majors, five Adjutants, thirteen Quartermasters, three Paymasters, twenty-three Surgeons, nine Surgeon's Mates, six Chaplains, two Commissaries of Prisoners, twelve Officers of the Medical Department, eighty-six Captains, fifty-two Lieu- tenants, thirty-four First Lieutenants, thirty-three Second Lieu- tenants, fifty-six Ensigns, Eight Sergeant-Majors, five Quarter- master-Sergeants, one Commissary-Sergeant, four Drum-Majors, one Fife-Major, one hundred and ninety Sergeants, one hundred and thirteen Corporals, thirty-one Drummers, twenty-two fifers, one Farrier, four Bombardiers, two Gunners, and three thousand eight hundred and forty-seven privates, making a total of four thousand six hundred and five officers and men.
At various times during the war, this State, by reason of its situation on the coast, and its lying between cities in pos- session of the enemy, was continually open to the incursions of the British troops and the ravages of refugees and Indians. It was also the theatre of many battles, skirmishes, and forage expeditions, greatly to the annoyance of the inhabitants, as well as dangerous to the established government. It was found necessary, therefore, to "embody," as occasion required, a certain quota of volunteers from the militia of the different coun- ties. These men were liable to duty when needed, not only in this, but also in adjoining States. These organizations were . called "New Jersey Levies," " Five Months' Levies," but most generally designated as " State Troops."
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