Generals of the New Jersey Continental Army Troops in the Revolutionary War
MAJOR GENERALS
ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, (Lord Stirling). Colonel, First Battalion, First Establishment, November yth, 1775; Brigadier General, Continental Army, March 11th, 1776; Major General, Continental Army, February 19th, 1777; died of gout, at Albany, New York, January 15th, 1783, while in command of the Northern Department; taken prisoner at Bushwick, Long Island, August 27th, 1776; commanded a division of the Continental Army at the battle of Brandywine, corps de reserve at Germantown, and left wing of the army at Monmouth; twice received the thanks of Congress (January 29th, 1776, and September 24th, 1779), for conspicuous services; death announced in Congress January 28th, 1783.
BRIGADIER GENERALS
DAYTON, ELIAS. Colonel, Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 9th, 1776; Colonel, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Colonel, Third Regiment; Brigadier General, Continental Army, January 7th, 1783; discharged at the close of the war; took part in all the battles in which the Continental Line of New Jersey was engaged; commanded the Jersey Brigade after the resignation of Brigadier General Maxwell; also Colonel of militia.
MAXWELL, WILLIAM. Colonel, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 8th, 1775; Brigadier General, Continental Army, October 23d, 1776; resigned July 25th, 1780; commanded the "Jersey Line" during his entire term of service as a general officer, and took an active part in every battle in which his brigade distinguished itself.
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