
The winter of 1777 saw a Forage War across Somerset County and the surrounding region as the Continental Army and New Jersey Militia fought a continuing campaign of skirmishes with British and Hessian forces, denying them access to vital provisions and ultimately the interior of New Jersey.
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Will Krakower, New Jersey’s historian for Princeton Battlefield State Park, introduces the Forage War of January – March 1777 and shares research into this critical but understudied period of the Revolutionary War.
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Join this free program Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2 p.m. at Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites in preparation for the next installment in the Middlebrook Series, How the British Lost New Jersey: The Forage Wars, the following weekend, Saturday, March 15, 2025 at Raritan Valley Community College. Purchase tickets for the full-day program with the Heritage Trail Association: https://heritagetrail.org/schedule’ href=’https://heritagetrail.org/schedule’ rel=’nofollow noreferrer noopener’ target=’_blank’>