1ST NEW JERSEY
DIVISION: SUPPORT
BRIGADE: NJ
HISTORY: ORGANIZED IN DECEMBER 1775 AT ELIZABETHTOWN AND PORT AMBOY FROM MIDDLESEX, MORRIS, SOMERSET, MONMOUTH, ESSEX AND BERGEN COUNTIES.
ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 261 MEN ASSIGNED 151 FIT FOR
DUTY, LEFT VALLEY FORGE IN MAY 1778 WITH 538 ASSIGNED 396 FIT FOR DUTY.
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS: DEFENSE OF CANADA, LAKE CHAMPLAIN, NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK 1777, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA -MONMOUTH
| Staff Officers | |
| Colonel | MATTHIAS OGDEN |
| Lt. Colonel | DAVID BREARLEY |
| Lt. Colonel | WILLIAM HARTA |
| Major | JOSEPH MORRIS |
| Company Officers | |
| Captain | JOHN V ANGEL |
| Captain | DANIEL BALDWIN |
| Captain | GILES MEAD |
| Captain | JOHN FLAHAVEN |
| Captain | ELIAS LONGSTREET |
| Captain | ISAAC MORRISON |
| Captain | DANIEL PLATT |
| Captain | JOHN POLHEMUS |
| Staff Officers | |
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Chaplain |
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| Quartermaster | JOSEPH PERIAM / ROBERT KELSO |
| Adjutant | ALEXANDER COULET / JACOBS PIATT |
| Paymaster | MICHAEL CONNELLY / AARON OGDEN |
| Surgeon | WILLIAM M BARNETT / JACOB HARRIS |
| Surgeon Mate | STEPHEN BALL |
| Quartermaster Sergeant | WILLIAM HAMILTON |
| Sergeant Major | JOHN BISHOP |
| Drum Major | JAMES ROSE |
| Fife Major | THOMAS POWELL |