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Focusing on the often-overlooked encampments of George Washington's Continental Army in Middlebrook and Pluckemin, New Jersey, the book highlights their significance during the Revolutionary War. These strategic locations hosted two major encampments: a challenging seven-week period in the summer of 1777 and a lengthy winter stay from 1778 to 1779. Despite the American Army's nine-month presence, this pivotal site has remained largely forgotten, contributing to a gap in the understanding of the Middle Atlantic campaigns and the broader American struggle for independence.

The borough of Watchung's forests, farmlands, lakes and mountain vistas have been traversed by man for thousands of years. The Leni-Lenapes settled along the banks of the Stony Brook and Watchung Lake, naming the area Wacht Unks, or "High Hills." Attracted by its abundant natural resources, European settlers began to farm the area in the seventeenth century. The citizens took up arms during the Revolutionary War, serving as minutemen in the Somerset County Militia, protecting the strategic Stony Brook Pass. The town survived an existential crisis in 1924 as the state attempted and failed to convert the region into a massive water reservoir. Local author and historian Robert A. Mayers presents fascinating tales from throughout Watchung's history.

In "Revolutionary New Jersey" New Jersey-based author Robert Mayers has rediscovered and revived the history of previously forsaken locations by exploring them in person. He then enhances his observations from on-site visits with fresh research from original documents, often discovered in obscure British, Hessian and French records. The reader is subsequently transported to the battlefields and encampments in three theaters of the conflict in New Jersey- "The War in the Countryside," "The War at the Shore" and "New Jersey Campgrounds"-by describing Revolutionary events which occurred in more than 100 present-day towns. This narrative escorts readers back in time to feel, see, and hear the action that occurred over 200 years ago in familiar settings

Account of the life of Corporal John Allison, who served in the Continental Army, 3rd, 5th, and 2nd New York Regiments, throughout the Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783.