Morristown National Historical Park, a Military Capital of the American Revolution — John Shaqi
Morristown National Historical Park, a Military Capital of the American RevolutionWeig, Melvin J.
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Morristown National Historical Park, a Military Capital of the American Revolution
Weig, Melvin J.
Morristown National Historical Park (N.J.); New Jersey -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
More than 100 species of birds, some 20 species of mammals, and over 300
species of trees, shrubs, and wildflowers have been observed in Jockey
Hollow at various times of the year. A walk over the Nature Trail (pp.
20, 35), which begins and ends at the Picnic Area (No. 10), affords
opportunity to enjoy seeing many such elements of the park landscape.
The area is a wildlife sanctuary, however, and visitors are reminded
that disturbance of its natural features is prohibited by law (pp. 43
-44).
NO. 12. OLD CAMP ROAD, 1779-80.
Almost opposite the Picnic Area (No. 10), intersecting with the east
side of the Jockey Hollow Road, is what has long been known as the Old
Camp Road (p. 20). This leads across Mount Kemble to the old Basking
Ridge Road, now Mount Kemble Avenue (U. S. Route 202), and to the site
of Jacob Larzeleer’s Tavern, where Brig. Gen. John Stark made his
quarters in 1779-80. Part of the road may have been built as the result
of orders issued to Stark’s and the New York Brigades, on April 25,
1780, to “open a Road between the two encampments.”
NO. 13. FIRST MARYLAND BRIGADE CAMP, 1779-80.
About one-sixth of a mile southwest of the Picnic Area (No. 10), on the
same side of the Jockey Hollow Road and parallel to it, is the campsite
occupied in 1779-80 by the 1st Maryland Brigade under Brig. Gen. William
Smallwood. In this brigade were the 1st, 3d, 5th, and 7th Maryland
Regiments, with a combined total enlistment, in December 1779, of 1,416
men. The official uniform of these troops was blue, faced with red; the
buttons and linings, white. About the middle of May 1780, following the
departure of the 1st Maryland Brigade on April 17 preceding, soldiers of
the Connecticut Line moved into the log huts erected on this site
(p. 41).
NO. 14. SECOND MARYLAND BRIGADE CAMP, 1779-80.
About three-tenths of a mile southwest of the Picnic Area (No. 10),
paralleling the opposite side of the Jockey Hollow Road, is the campsite
occupied in 1779-80 by the 2d Maryland Brigade under Brig. Gen. Mordecai
Gist. In this brigade were the 2d, 4th, and 6th Maryland Regiments, and
Hall’s Delaware Regiment, with a combined total enlistment, in December
1779, of 1,497 men. The official uniform of these troops was the same as
that of the 1st Maryland Brigade. About the middle of May 1780,
following the departure of the 2d Maryland Brigade on April 17
preceding, soldiers of the Connecticut Line moved into the log huts
erected on this site (p. 41).
NO. 15. BETTIN OAK AND FORT HILL.
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