Battle of Chestnut Neck

The Battle of Chestnut Neck was a battle fought in New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Chestnut Neck was a busy thriving trade centre around the Little Egg Harbor River. Local vessels travelled to New York and elsewhere, carrying mail and trading goods and merchandise. With the coming of the War, the same harbour facilities which made it a seaport, made it a home base for American Privateer... more

The Battle of Chestnut Neck was a battle fought in New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Chestnut Neck was a busy thriving trade centre around the Little Egg Harbor River. Local vessels travelled to New York and elsewhere, carrying mail and trading goods and merchandise. With the coming of the War, the same harbour facilities which made it a seaport, made it a home base for American Privateers who would attack and seize British ships and take their captured prizes into Chestnut Neck. The captured vessels and their cargos were sold, and the captured vessels were often used as Privateers. With the British holding Philadelphia and New York City during the winter of 1777–78, General George Washington at Valley Forge was cut off from his sources of supplies. Supplies were then brought into Little Egg Harbor, unloaded at Chestnut Neck, taken up the river on flat boats to the Forks, carted across the state to Burlington, and on to Valley... less