Greene Bars the Path to Hobart Gap
- When
- June 23, 1780
- Where
- Springfield and Elizabethtown, New Jersey
- Part of
- Battle of Springfield
Greene deployed 1,500 Continentals and 500 New Jersey Militia at Springfield and Elizabethtown, blocking Knyphausen's route to Hobart Gap.
At Springfield and Elizabethtown, barring Knyphausen's path to Hobart Gap, Major General Nathanael Greene had 1,500 Continental troops and 500 New Jersey Militia. Greene's Continentals comprised Brigadier General William Maxwell's New Jersey Brigade; Brigadier General John Stark's under-strength brigade, comprising the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment and a regiment each from Massachusetts and Connecticut; and the 2nd Partisan Corps, commanded by Major Henry Lee and numbering 400.
Sources
- Battle of Springfield Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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