Colonels of the New Jersey Continental Army Troops in the Revolutionary War
COLONELS
- FORMAN, DAVID. Colonel, "Forman's Regiment," Continental Army; also, Brigadier General, militia.
- MARTIN, EPHRAIM. Colonel, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; resigned; also Colonel, militia.
- NEWCOMB, SILAS. Colonel, First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; promoted Brigadier General,, militia, March 15th, 1777.
- OGDEN, MATTHIAS. Lieutenant Colonel, First Battalion, First Establishment, March 7th, 1776; Lieutenant Colonel, First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Colonel, ditto, January 1st, 1777; Colonel, First Regiment; taken prisoner November 4th, 1780; granted leave of absence by Congress, April 21st, 1783, to visit Europe;, discharged at the close of the war.
- SHREVE, ISRAEL. Lieutenant Colonel, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 8th, 1775; Colonel, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Colonel, Second Regiment; discharged at the close of the war.
- SPENCER, OLIVER. Colonel, "Spencer's Regiment," Continental Army, January i5th, 1777; discharged at the close of the war; also Colonel, militia.
- WHITE, ANTHONY WALTON. Major and Aid-de-Camp to General Washington, October, 1775; Lieutenant Colonel, Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 9th, 1776; Lieutenant Colonel, Fourth Regiment, Light Dragoons, Continental Army, February 13th, 1777; Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, First Regiment, ditto, December 10th, 1779; Colonel, ditto, February 16th, 1780, and ordered to command all cavalry in Southern Army.
- WINDS, WILLIAM. Lieutenant Colonel, First Battalion, First Establishment, November 7th, 1775; Colonel, ditto, March 7th, 1776; discharged with battalion; Brigadier General, militia, March 4th, 1777.
LIEUTENANT COLONELS
- BARBER, FRANCIS. Major, Third Battalion, First Establishment,
- February 9th, 1776; Lieutenant Colonel, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Lieutenant Colonel, Third Regiment, to date January 1st, 1777; Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, ditto, January 6th, 1783; killed by a falling tree, in camp, at New Windsor, New York, February 11th, 1783; was Sub-Inspector General, staff of General Steuben, April 1st, 1778; Adjutant General to Major General Lord Stirling; Adjutant General to General Sullivan; Deputy Adjutant General to Major General Nathaniel Greene; severely wounded at the battle of Monmouth; wounded at the battle of Newtown, and again at the siege of Yorktown.
- BREARLEY, DAVID. Lieutenant Colonel, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Lieutenant Colonel, First Regiment, to date January 1st, 1777; resigned March 17th, 1780, to accept office of Chief Justice of the State; also Colonel, militia.
- BURR, AARON. Lieutenant Colonel and Aid-de-Camp, staff of Major General Israel Putnam.
- CONWAY, JOHN. Captain, First Battalion, First Establishment, November 21st, 1775; Captain, First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Major, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, October 29th,1777; Major, Third Regiment; Lieutenant Colonel, First Regiment, to date March l7th, 1780; wounded at the battle of Germantown; discharged at the close of the war.
- GUMMING, JOHN N. First Lieutenant, Captain Howell's company, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 29th, 1775; First Lieutenant, Captain Lawrie's company, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Captain, Second Battalion, ditto, to date November 30th, 1776; Captain, Second Regiment; Major, First Regiment, to date April 16th, 1780; Lieutenant Colonel, Second Regiment, December 29th, 1781; Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, Third Regiment, February 11th, 1783; discharged at the close of the war.
- D'HART, WILLIAM. Major, First Battalion, First Establishment, November 7th, 1775; Major, First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Lieutenant Colonel, ditto, January 1st, 1777; Lieutenant Colonel, Second Regiment, September 26th, 1780; resigned.
- FORMAN, JONATHAN. Captain, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 23d, 1776; Captain, First Regiment, September 26th, 1780; Major, Third Regiment, November 20th, 1781; Lieutenant Colonel, Second Regiment, February 11th, 1783; discharged at the close of the war; also Captain, militia.
- LINDSLEY, ELEAZER. Lieutenant Colonel, "Spencer's Regiment," Continental Army; resigned; also Lieutenant Colonel, militia.
- LIVINGSTON, HENRY B. Captain and Aid-de-Camp to Major General Philip Schuyler; Major and Aid-de-Camp to Major General Arthur St. Clair; Lieutenant Colonel, ditto, October 4th, 1777; also Colonel, New York Continental Line.
- RHEA, DAVID. Major, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 8th, 1775; Lieutenant Colonel, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; retired September 26th, 1780.
- SMITH, WILLIAM. Lieutenant Colonel, "Spencer's Regiment," Continental Army.
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