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Interpretive signage detailing the service of African-American Soldiers at Fort Mercer located at Red Bank Battlefield Park in National Park, N.J., June 17, 2021. The Fort was named after Brig. Gen. Hugh Mercer who died during the American War of Independence. Fort Mercer, along with Fort Mifflin on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, prevented British resupply of their forces in occupied Philadelphia. In an attempt to capture Fort Mercer, 1,200 Hessian soldiers attacked the Continental forces on Oct. 22, 1777. During the Battle of Red Bank, Col. Christopher Greene's 1st and 2nd Rhode Island Regiments 400 Soldiers defeated the Hessian forces forcing them to withdraw. The Rhode Island Regiments were unique because they were included African-American and Native American Soldiers. (New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photo by Mark C. Olsen)
| Date Taken: | 06.17.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 08.09.2021 13:24 |
| Photo ID: | 6773690 |
| VIRIN: | 210617-Z-AL508-1025 |
| Resolution: | 5305x3537 |
| Size: | 6.34 MB |
| Location: | NATIONAL PARK, NEW JERSEY, US |
| Web Views: | 46 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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New Jersey
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American Revolutionary War
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