BATTLE OF CHESTNUT NECK WAR MEMORIAL
DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, CONGRESS COMMISSIONED SEA CAPTAINS TO DISRUPT AND PIRATE BRITISH SHIPPING.THESE PRIVATEERS MADE THE BRITISH WAR EFFORT MUCH MORE COSTLY. IN AN EFFORT TO STOP THE "REBEL PIRATES" THE BRITISH ATTACKED CHESTNUT NECK, NJ. THE LOCAL MILITIA FOUGHT BACK BUT THE BRITISH SET FIRE TO THE VILLAGE, BURNING TEN SHIPS. THE PRIVATEERS WERE UP AND RUNNING NOT LONG AFTER THE BRITISH LEFT. THIS MEMORIAL IS TOPPED BY A COLONIAL PRIVATEER.
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SEE ALSO-BATTLE OF CHESTNUT NECK WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
SEE ALSO-BATTLE OF CHESTNUT NECK WAR MEMORIAL STONE
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Listing Details
- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Statues War or Military Related
- 1911
- NEW YORK ROAD AND CHESTNUT NECK ROAD
- 08241
- BILL COUGHLIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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