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Not to be confused with Jersey Blues FC.
1st New Jersey Regiment
Active
1744–1783
Country
New Jersey United States
Branch
New Jersey Provincial Forces Continental Army
Type
Regiment
Role
Infantry
Part of
New Jersey Line
Nickname(s)
Jersey Blues
Engagements
Battle of Valcour Island Battle of Brandywine Battle of Germantown Battle of Monmouth Sullivan Expedition Battle of Springfield Battle of Yorktown
Commanders
Notable commanders
Col. William Alexander (1775–1776) Col. William Winds (1776–1777) Col. Silas Newcomb (1777) Col. Matthias Ogden (1777–1783)
Military unit
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American Revolutionary War units of the United States
Continental Army
List of Continental units
Units by state
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Virginia
Non-state units
Extra and Additional regiments
Armand's Legion
Pulaski's Legion
Lee's Legion
Ottendorf's Corps
Commander-in-Chief's Guard
State militia
List of state units
The 1st New Jersey Regiment was the first organized militia regiment in New Jersey, formed in 1673 in Piscataway "to repel foreign Indians who come down from upper Pennsylvania and western New York (in the summer) to our shores and fill (themselves) with fishes and clams and on the way back make a general nuisance of themselves by burning hay stacks, corn fodder and even barns."[1] The first commander and founder of the regiment was Captain Francis Drake (1615-1687) who served from 1673 to 1685. All of New Jersey's regular organized military forces trace their lineage to this first provincial militia unit.
The regiment's allegiance was to the British Crown until 1775, when the regiment was raised for service in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
^"The Ancient & Honourable Order of The Jersey Blues" (Website). The Hereditary Register Publications. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
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