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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KS_the-new-york-brigade_Morristown-NJ.html
1779, summer in upstate New York ? campaigning against Indian allies of Britain.
1780, winter - Morristown, camping near here.
1781, fall - Yorktown, Va. Witnessing the British surrender.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KL_inspections_Morristown-NJ.html
Faces and hands washed ? beards close shaven?hair combed and tied if long enough ? shoes clean?clothes brushed?
And cartridge boxes ?. Washington worried often about cartridge boxes. Unless they kept a soldier's powder dry, his musket was usele…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KK_guards_Morristown-NJ.html
Each day's guard reported here for inspection, a short drill, and the daily parole and countersign. From here they relieved the previous day's guard.
The camp guard - 27 men from every 2 regiments - surrounded Jockey Hollow with a chain of sent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5F6_a-revolutionary-winter_Morristown-NJ.html
Morristown National Historical Park commemorates the suffering of the Continental Army during the terrible winter encampment of 1779-1780. It commemorates also the ability and leadership of George Washington.
The main part of Washington's army …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5F4_the-grand-parade_Morristown-NJ.html
A focal point of the sprawling "log cabin city" at Jockey Hollow was the Grand Parade. Each day, guard details assembled here for inspection, and General Orders from Washington's headquarters were distributed. This was also the site of formal mili…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5F3_settling-in_Morristown-NJ.html
Washington ordered all the huts to be alike, lined up neatly in rows with the soldiers in front and the officers behind. The men camped in tents until the huts were ready - Christmas time for the soldiers and January or February for the officers. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5F2_the-pennsylvania-line_Morristown-NJ.html
The First and Second Pennsylvania Brigades - the Pennsylvania Line - was the backbone of Washington's army. From the invasion of Canada in 1775 to the victory at Yorktown in 1781 Pennsylvania troops served in almost every major battle.
At Monmo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5F0_mountain-school_Morristown-NJ.html
Oldest schoolhouse stillstanding in Morris township.Addition built in 1899. Schoolheld here continuously from1810-1914.Morris County Heritage Commission
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5EZ_mt-kemble-glen-alpin_Morristown-NJ.html
1847 Gothic Revival villa,"Mount Kemble," built forHenry and Frances DuerHoyt on the site of thehouse of colonial officialPeter Kemble, reluctanthost to Continental Army.Renamed "Glen Alpin" byDavid H. McAlpin in 1885.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5EY_jockey-hollow_Morristown-NJ.html
In the winter of 1779-80coldest of the Warthe Patriot Army campedin these hills, smallerforces stayed until 1782.