"What is this you have been about to
day?"
The New Jersey Brigade at the Battle of
Monmouth
John U. Rees
© 2003
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mark M. Boatner III, Encyclopedia of the American Revolution (New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1966)
Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution - April 1775 to December 1783 (Washington, D.C.: The Rare Book Publishing Shop, Inc., 1914)
Henry Jackson, “Col. Jackson’s Court of Inquiry,” The Lee Papers, vol. III, 1778-1782, Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1873 (New York, 1874), 209-228.
Charles Lee, "Proceedings of a General Court Martial ... for the Trial of Major General Lee. July 4th, 1778 ...," The Lee Papers, vol. III, 1778-1782, Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1873 (New York, 1874), 1-208.
Garry Wheeler Stone, Daniel M. Sivilich, Mark Edward Lender, “A Deadly Minuet: The Advance of the New England ‘Picked Men’ Against the Royal Highlanders at the Battle of Monmouth, 28 June 1778,” The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXVI, no. 2 (Summer 1996), 2-18.
Garry Wheeler Stone, “What really Happened at the Battle of Monmouth,” The Continental Soldier, vol. VIII, no. 2 (Summer 1995), 11-12 (including an excellent map showing landmark building and terrain).
Select Maps
(Note: Copies of these maps are also in the collections of the Monmouth County Historical Association.)
“Battle of Monmouth June 28th 1778,” Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Maps Of 932 1778 M. Excellent rendering of Lee’s morning advance, dispositions at Monmouth Courthouse, and defensive positions at the Point of Woods and hedgerow. The Perrine Hill position is vaguely designated as are the locations of Comb’s Hill and the Tennent Meeting.
Michel Du Chesnoy (captain and Lafayette aide de camp), “Carte de L’Affaire de Mnmouth, ou le General Washington commandoit le’armee Americaine et le General Clinton l’armee Anglois le 28 Juin 1778. Michel Captaine Aide du camp du General La Fayette. Ministerre de la Guerre, Archives des Cartes,” Paris; Photostat, Library of Congress. Copies are also at Cornell University Library (Jared Sparks Collection), and New York Public Library (McDougal Papers).
Garry W. Stone, Topographical map series showing detailed troop movements for all phases of the Battle of Monmouth, 28 June 1778 (copyright, March 1993).