3rd New Jersey Regiment
| 3rd New Jersey Regiment | |
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| Active | 1776–1783 |
| Allegiance | Continental Congress of the United States |
| Type | Infantry |
| Part of | New Jersey Line |
| Nickname(s) | "Jersey Blues" |
| Engagements |
Battle of Valcour Island, New York Campaign, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, the Sullivan Expedition, Battle of Springfield. |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Colonel Elias Dayton |
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The 3rd New Jersey Regiment was raised on January 1, 1776, at Elizabethtown, New Jersey for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Valcour Island, New York Campaign, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Sullivan Expedition and the Battle of Springfield. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781, at Pompton, New Jersey.
One of the captains of this regiment was Jonathan Dayton, the youngest signatory of the United States Constitution.
External links
- Bibliography of the Continental Army in New Jersey compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
Brother Jonathan’s Images, No. 7: Major Joseph Bloomfield, 3d New Jersey Regiment; Artist: Charles Willson Peale; Year: 1777
"’We ... wheeled to the Right to form the Line of Battle’: Colonel Israel Shreve's Journal, 23 November 1776 to 14 August 1777 (Including Accounts of the Action at the Short Hills)” Contents 1. “The Enemy Came out fired several Cannon At our Pickets”: Journal Entries, 23 November 1776 to 25 June 1777 2. Composition of Maj. Gen. William Alexander, Lord Stirling's Division, Summer 1777 3. “Our Canister shot Did Great Execution.”: The Battle of the Short Hills: Journal Entries 26 to 28 June 1777 4. “There was a steady fire on us from out of the bushes …”: A German Officer’s View of Operations in New Jersey, 24 to 28 June 1777 5. “A smart engagement ensued …”: A British Private’s View of the Short Hills Battle 6. "I propose leaving Colo. Daytons and Ogden's Regts. at Elizabeth Town … for the present ...”: Movements of the 1st and 3d New Jersey Regiments, July and August 1777 7. “Crossed Delaware [River], halted At Doctor Enhams …”: Final Journal Entries, 29 July to 14 August 1777 Addenda 1. Listing of Field Officers, Commissioned Officers, and Staff of the 2d New Jersey Regiment December 1776 to December 1777 2. Company Strengths and Dispositions, Colonel Israel Shreve's 2d New Jersey Regiment December 1776 to December 1777 3. 2d New Jersey Regiment, Monthly Strength as Taken From the Muster Rolls, December 1776 to December 1777 4. 2d New Jersey Regiment, Company Lineage, 1777 to 1779 5. “The Troops of this Army … Appear to Manoeuvre upon false principles …”: The State of Continental Army Field Formations and Combat Maneuver, 1777 6. Composition of British Columns at the Short Hills Action, 26 June 1777; Organization of British Light Infantry and Grenadier Battalions, Spring and Summer 1777 7. “I have sent down Lord Stirling's Division, to reinforce Genl. Maxwell …”: Summer Campaign Letters, Gen. George Washington and Virginia Captain John Chilton, plus the role of “late Ottendorff’s Corps,” 22 to 29 June 1777 8. “At sunrise the fire began …”: New Jersey Brigade Accounts of the 1777 Philadelphia Campaign 9. "Without Covering but the H[eaven's].C[anop].y and boughs of Trees …": 4th New Jersey Officer's Diary, 21 June 1777 to 18 February 1778 (plus Journal of Ensign George Ewing, 3d New Jersey, 1777-1778)
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