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For seven years, Bergen County, New Jersey lay adjacent to the British Army in New York City and its outposts. Its population mirrored that of many other areas of the colonies, with a strong cadre of Loyalist inhabitants, realizing the worst of a civil war.
Chapters on Loyalists include two by Todd - those on the Loyalists of the county and the refugees under Thomas Ward, as well as one by Arnold E. Brown on the county’s Black Loyalists.
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Edited by Carol Karels, the 192 page book consists of 22 chapters written by a number of Bergen County’s history community, lavishly illustrated with photos commemorating the county’s Revolutionary past.
The Chapters include:
Foreword: Revolutionary Bergen, by Kevin Tremble
Introduction, by Carol Karels
British and Hessian Accounts of the Invasion of 1776, by Lieutenant Colonel Donald M. Londahl-Smidt, USAF-Retired
The Invasion and the Myths Surrounding It, by John Spring
The Retreat to Victory, by Barbara Z. Marchant
Thomas Paine and “The Times That Tried Men’s Souls,” by Thomas Meyers
Preserving the Hudson River Battlefield, by Kevin Tremble
New Bridge: History at the Crossroads, by Kevin Wright
Bergen’s Loyalists, by Todd W. Braisted
Daniel’s Tale: The Career of One Bergen County Militiaman, by Eric Nelsen
Major General Lafayette: A Passion for Liberty, by Arthur Aranda
The Significance of the Hopper House, by Joan Dater
A Resourceful Woman in Revolutionary Bergen County: Theodosia Prevost at the Hermitage, by Dr. Henry Bischoff
General George Washington and His Command of the Revolution. From Letters Written in July 1778 While Headquartered at the Hermitage, by Dr. Henry Bischoff
General Charles Lee: A Disobedient Servant, by Barbara Z. Marchant
“The Enemy…will have no Mercey upon our Loaded Barns”: British Foraging at Hackensack, September and October 1778, by John U. Rees
The Baylor Massacre, by Edmund A. Moderacki
The Hard Winter of 1779–80, by Robert Griffin
Thomas Ward and the Woodcutters of Bergen, by Todd W. Braisted
The Hanging of Major André, by Steve Kelman
W3R: The March to Win a War, by Carol W. Greene
Black Loyalists in Bergen County and “The Book of Negroes,” by Arnold E. Brown
George Washington: First of the Big-time Spenders, by Marvin Kitman
Military Actions in Bergen County and Vicinity, 1776–1781: A Timetable, by Dr. Henry Bischoff
Students of Loyalist History or that of the Revolution around New York City will find this an invaluable addition to their collection.
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