Battle of Springfield

Battle of Springfield is a New Jersey historical marker in Union County, dedicated 1941.

In Springfield on Flemer Ave., 500 feet South of Route #24 directly in front of Springfield's "Old Burial Grounds".

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Here, June 23, 1780, 1500 Americans, under Greene and Dayton, were attacked by 5000 British and Hessians under Clinton and Knyphausen en route to capture stores at Morristown. The British burned Springfield, but were defeated.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1777 · The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1782 · Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1797 · New Jersey (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Northern Part of New Jersey, shewing the the American and British Armies after crossing… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1811 · Map Of The Country Thirty Miles Round the City of New York. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Northern Part of New Jersey, shewing the the American and British Armies after crossing…, 1807, covering the location of Battle of Springfield, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Northern Part of New Jersey, shewing the the American and British Armies after crossing…, 1807, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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