1st New Jersey Regiment
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The 1st New Jersey Regiment was the first organized militia regiment in New Jersey, formed in 1673 in Piscataway "to repel foreign Indians who come down from upper Pennsylvania and western New York to
A drummer of the 1st New Jersey Regiment by Théophile Lybaert
Illustration of a Jersey Blues private in marching order in 1758
Jersey Blues as scouts, American Revolutionary War 1783s by Théophile Lybaert
Matthias Ogden
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Matthias Ogden was an American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolutionary War, and served in various political positions afterwards.
1st New Jersey Regiment
…regiment was reorganized in January 1777 as the 1st New Jersey Regiment, Continental Line, command was first offered to Silas Newcomb, but he declined. Matthias Ogden, who had previously served as major and lieutenant colonel of the 1st NJ Battalion of 1775–1776, became regimental commander with the rank of colonel…
Detail from a painting by John Trumbull depicting Ogden (in red uniform) and Gen. Richard Montgomery
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 by John Trumbull (1786)