Resource Links
- National Guard Association of the United States
- National Guard Education Foundation
- U.S Army Center Of Military History
- New Jersey State Archives
- The New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association Homepage
- New Jersey Historical Commission
- Veterans History Project
- A Science / History Learning Center and Museum
- The Company of Military Historians
July 9, 1864
The Fourteenth New Jersey regiment was part of a force that fought a delaying action along the Monocacy River, near Frederick, Maryland, against Confederate general Jubal Early’s march on Washington D. C., holding up the Confederate advance long enough to save the capital from possible capture.
July 18, 1812
The frigate USS Constitution engaged in an epic slow-motion chase along the Jersey Shore, fleeing a squadron of British Royal Navy warships.
