Resource Links
- Monmouth County Website
- Only In Your State
- National Guard Association of the United States
- National Guard Education Foundation
- National Medal of Honor Museum
- The World War II Veterans Website
- U.S Army Center Of Military History
- New Jersey State Archives
- The Battleship NJ Historical Museum Society Homepage
- The New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association Homepage
- New Jersey Historical Commission
- 42nd Infantry Division
- History of the Essex Troop
- Pennsylvania Military Museum
- Veterans History Project
- The Military Transport Association of North Jersey
- 44th Infantry Division
- A Science / History Learning Center and Museum
- New York State Military 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.
