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 Battles In and Around New Jersey

Nov. 20, 1776: The forced abandonment of Fort Lee, starting the retreat of the American army across NJ to the other side of the Delaware River * Crossing the Delaware
* The March to Trenton
Dec. 26, 1776: The Battle of Trenton 
* More about The Battle of Trenton
January 2, 1777: The Second Battle of Trenton
Jan. 3, 1777: The Battle of Princeton
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More about The Battle of Princeton
 More about The Battle of Princeton
* Princeton Battlefield
Jan. 20, 1777: The Battle of Millstone  
April 14, 1777: The Battle of Bound Brook 1778-79 Somerset County:
The MiddleBrook Encampments
June, 1777: The Battle of Short Hills  
Fall of 1777: River forts defense of the lower Delaware  
June 28, 1778: Battle of Monmouth  Winter Encampment at Jockey Hollow
June 6, 1780: The Battle of Connecticut Farms  About NJ Militia Regiments
 June 23, 1780: The Battle of Springfield  A very long list of the battles and squirmishes throughout NJ during the Revolutionary War