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	Springfield New Jersey History NJ
		On June 23, 1780, "The Battle of Springfield" was fought.
		This painting depicts the moment during the Revolutionary War Battle of Springfield, June 23, 1780, when Reverend James Caldwell, Pastor and Chaplain of of the American Regiment of Colonel Elias Dayton, passed out the Isaac Watts Hymnals from the Presbyterian Church for use as Musket wadding.
		The British goal of reaching Morristown was thwarted and the Battle of Springfield marked the last invasion of the British into New Jersey and removed the danger to Washington's Continental forces.
	www.automatedquickprinting.com /springfield.htm (1078 words)

	Springfield, NJ community, Union County,New Jersey: Attorneys at law - Westfield
		The town is most famous for "The Battle of Springfield" in 1780, won by General Nathanial Greene and Colonel Angell at the Rahway River.
		Only four houses remained after the Battle: the historic Cannon Ball House (now headquarters of the Springfield Historical Society), the Swaim House, and the Sayre House.
		Springfield's 5.06 square miles is located 23 miles southwest of New York City at the foot of the Watchung Mountains.
	www.grrlawyers.com /springfield.html (254 words)

	Springfield - The Final Invasion of NJ
		HISTORY HAPPENED HERE: On June 23rd, 1780, the climactic battle of the final invasion of NJ was fought in Springfield.
		Anniversary of the Battle of Springfield an outstanding success, especially our own Mark Hurwitz whose tireless efforts paid off big time.
		Anniversary of the Battle of Springfield in 1980
	jerseyblues.org /springfield.html (385 words)

	The Battle of Connecticut Farms, NJ
		In the Battle of Springfield he fought that day, and was twice wounded.
		The winter of 1780, when Washington was encamped at Morristown [New Jersey], was one of severe trial to the army, arising from the want of provisions and of pay.
		On the fiftieth anniversary, in June, 1830, Wade joined with other veterans of the battle to commemorate the event.
	www.altlaw.com /edball/connfarms.htm (970 words)

	Township of Springfield • Community Organizations
		During the Battle of Springfield (June 23, 1780) the British used it as a hospital.
		When he spoke at the Springfield church it was said, he placed two loaded pistols on the pulpit just in case the British came.
		The property Was acquired by the Springfield Historical Society in 1955.
	www.springfield-nj.com /commun.htm (415 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
		Washington's forces stayed in Morristown until June 1780 when a 5000-man British force moved to attack them in the Battle of Springfield, New Jersey.
		It is unclear why Washington decided to place Lee in charge of the strike force since he had urged caution during the council of war.
		Dressed as a civilian with passes signed by Arnold to allow him through the American battle lines, Andre was hanged as a spy.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A587261 (845 words)

	Diedrich (1980) The Battle of Springfield, June 1780
		Diedrich (1980) The Battle of Springfield, June 1780
	www.getcited.org /pub/102062567 (8 words)

	Colonel Benjamin Cleveland Chapter - Officers
		11 Sep 1777 - Battle of Brandywine, PA. 11 Sep 1777 - Engagement at Chad's Ford # 12 Sep 1780 - Battle of Cane Creek, NC.
		17 Dec 1776 - Battle of Springfield, NJ.
		1 Dec 1776 - Battle of Brunswick 1 Dec 1781- Engagement at Dorchester, SC # 3 Dec 1787 - Delaware ratified the Constitution.
	www.benjaminclevelandchapter.org /1901calendar.html (8 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
		Washington's forces stayed in Morristown until June 1780 when a 5000-man British force moved to attack them in the Battle of Springfield, New Jersey.
		It is unclear why Washington decided to place Lee in charge of the strike force since he had urged caution during the council of war.
		Dressed as a civilian with passes signed by Arnold to allow him through the American battle lines, Andre was hanged as a spy.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A587261 (845 words)

	The NYMAS Newsletter - Winter 1998
		In addition, the work includes treatment of what is perhaps the most forgotten major battle of the war, Springfield, fought on June 23, 1780, which more or less put the damper on the last British attempt to undertake an overland campaign in the central theater.
		The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864, by Gordon C. Rhea.
		Rhea is very good at describing the physical appearance of the battlefield, and it is fairly obvious that he has spent much time walking the fields and researching descriptions of their appearance in 1864.
	libraryautomation.com /nymas/NWSLTR7.html (3146 words)

	BRAVO - Battlefield Restoration and Archaeological Volunteer Organization
		Battle of Springfield - BRAVO members conducted a metal detecting survey for Richard Grubb Associates, Inc. of an area of land suspected to be associated with the June 23, 1780 Battle of Springfield.
		BRAVO volunteers gain lots of archaeological experience throughout New Jersey, but our main focus is battlefield archaeology.
		BRAVO then donated the 19th century framed painting by Dexter to the State Park Service, and it can now be seen hanging in the Monmouth Battlefield Visitors' Center.
	bravo_nj.tripod.com (933 words)

	Reprinted courtesy of
		Introduction: On June 23rd, 1780, the climactic battle of the final invasion of NJ was fought in Springfield.
		The “Final Invasion” of NJ: Part I – The Battle of Connecticut Farms: June 6, 1780, Gen. Knyphausen looking for an easy war ending victory launches an attack from Staten Island to seize the strategic Hobart Gap in the Watchung Mtns, the last defensible position between NYC and Morristown.
		Simcoe, they fight their way back to Short Hills in the Hobart Gaps where they are reinforced by Stark’s Brigade.
	www.springfieldbattle.com /Text/Watts.html (1366 words)

	Reprinted courtesy of
		Introduction: On June 23rd, 1780, the climactic battle of the final invasion of NJ was fought in Springfield.
		The “Final Invasion” of NJ: Part I – The Battle of Connecticut Farms: June 6, 1780, Gen. Knyphausen looking for an easy war ending victory launches an attack from Staten Island to seize the strategic Hobart Gap in the Watchung Mtns, the last defensible position between NYC and Morristown.
		Baron Wilhelm von Knyphausen, left in charge of the NY Garrison, is goaded into making a thrust for Morristown to “end the war”.
	www.springfieldbattle.com /Text/Watts.html (1366 words)

	Subject Category - military, page 2
		In the Battle of Piqua in 1780, George Rogers Clark led a raid on Shawnee villages near present-day Springfield, Ohio.
		On August 20, 1794 Wayne's army defeated an army of Wyandots, Miamis, Ottawas, Delaware, Mingoes, Shawnees, and other Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
		Troops at Fort Laurens (Tuscarawas County) withstood two joint British and American Indian sieges in 1779 before the fort was abandoned.
	worlddmc.ohiolink.edu /OMP/Subject?subject=military&pg=2 (506 words)

	Springfield New Jersey History NJ
		This painting depicts the moment during the Revolutionary War Battle of Springfield, June 23, 1780, when Reverend James Caldwell, Pastor and Chaplain of of the American Regiment of Colonel Elias Dayton, passed out the Isaac Watts Hymnals from the Presbyterian Church for use as Musket wadding.
		On May 27, 1793, an Act was passed by the General Assembly at Trenton, forming the Township of Springfield from the Townships of Elizabeth and Newark in the County of Essex.
		During the heat of the battle, Reverend James Caldwell, Chaplain of Colonel Elias Dayton’s Regiment, whose wife had been murdered by a British scout 16 days before, passed out the Isaac Watts Hymnals from the Presbyterian Church for use as Musket wadding.
	www.automatedquickprinting.com /springfield.htm (506 words)

	Union County NJ - Four Centuries in a Weekend
		The Battle of Connecticut Farms (in what is now Union Township) and the Battle of Springfield, both in June 1780, marked the close of the war in New Jersey.
		Abraham Clark, farmer and self-educated lawyer, was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he voted for and signed the Declaration of Independence demonstrating that leadership, even in Colonial America, did not depend on wealth or birth.
		Learn about this troubled time in history by visiting the following sites:
	www.unioncountynj.org /togotodo/4centwk/4crev.html (180 words)

	Tecumseh (Shawnee); shelby county ohio historical society
		When the Old Piqua village was destroyed by General Wayne in 1780, and the Shawnee moved to the banks of the Great Miami River in Miami County, the 12 year old Tecumseh was probably with them.
		The village of his birth is in dispute, although many believe the location, (after recognizing five possibilities and their claims) of birth probably occurred at Old Piqua on the Mad River, just southwest of Springfield, Ohio.
		In 1813, the great Tecumseh died in the Battle of the Thames River in Canada.
	www.shelbycountyhistory.org /schs/indians/tecumseh.htm (432 words)

	Fallen Timbers/Tecumseh Biography
		Tecumseh took part in the war of retaliation in 1780, waged because of the murder of Chief Cornstalk as he was attempting to negotiate with white men.
		Tecumseh (Shooting Star) of the Shawnee was born in March 1768, on the Mad River near the present-day city of Springfield, Ohio.
		Native Americans under Tecumseh took a stand at the Battle of the Thames on Oct. 5, 1813, where Tecumseh and his dreams were killed.
	www.heidelberg.edu /FallenTimbers/FTbio-Tecumseh.html (340 words)

	Hangout - Did You Hear the One About...?
		The Reverend James Caldwell and his hymn books saved the day at the Battle of Springfield, on June 23, 1780.
		Holland built another vessel, which the Navy commissioned as the first member of the U.S. Submarine Service.
		The first submarine was built in 1878 by Paterson teacher John Phillip Holland with money from private sources.
	www.state.nj.us /hangout/didja.html (340 words)

	Culloden - The Battle of Culloden
		A re-enactment of the climactic battle of the Jacobite uprising to be staged in Springfield, Ohio.
		The account of the battle of culloden in which Prince Charles Edward Stuart was deafted and lots the jacobite rebellion of 1745.
		Culloden was named for a Scottish Highlander who opened a store there in 1780.
	www.yourwebfind.com /q/culloden.html (340 words)

	Nathanael Greene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In June 1780, Greene was in command at the Battle of Springfield.
		Greene was the son of Nathanael Greene, Sr.
		Greene's generalship and judgment were again conspicuously illustrated in the next few weeks, in which he allowed Cornwallis to march north to Virginia and himself turned swiftly to the reconquest of the inner country of South Carolina.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nathanael_Greene (1798 words)

	Green Brook History - CHHPC Home
		To commemorate the final New Jersey battles, CHHP committee is planning to replicate a Revolutionary War beacon at Washington Rock State Park and ignite it on the 225th anniversary of the battle of Connecticut Farms, which occurred on June 6th, 1780.
		The beacons were burned as a call-to-arms for the local militia prior to the battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield, the last two significant revolutionary battles fought on New Jersey soil.
		The Cultural, Heritage, and Historic Preservation Committee (CHHP) of Green Brook Township seeks to preserve the history, architecture and heritage of the township for future generations.
	www.greenbrooknj.com (1359 words)

	Old New Jersey Town Maps, Prints and Articles of Historical and Genealogical Interest
		Plan of the Battle of Springfield, fought June 23, 1780
		Maps from the 1874 County Atlasd of Warren New Jersey, from actual Surveys by and under the Direction of F. Beers.
		Maps from the 1881 Atlas of Essex County, New Jersey, published by E. Robinson in 1881.
	www.oldmapsetc.com /old-maps-new-jersey-towns.html (9967 words)

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