Mutiny in New Jersey
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Actually there were 2 mutinies, in New Jersey. It should be noted that in both cases the mutineers were not refusing to fight the British, but instead wanted the basics � food, clothing and pay.
By January, the men were cold, starving and wanted to be paid. Part of Washington�s supply problems were made worse by the snowstorms that made roads impassable. Farmers were reluctant to part with food because they were hoarding what they had to get through the winter.
On the morning of January 2nd, 1781, the men of the Pennsylvania Line Infantry refused to follow the orders of the day. Unless they were fed and paid, they were going to Philadelphia to directly address their grievances to the Continental Congress. Several officers tried to stop the mutineers and were killed. This mutiny was eventually put down.
On January 20th, 300 soldiers of the New Jersey line based near Bloomingdale, NJ decided to follow the example of the Pennsylvanians and ask for more pay. Washington was not going to allow another mutiny to succeed. He sent a detachment from West Point who surrounded the soldiers from New Jersey who surrendered. As punishment, on January 23rd, 1781. Washington ordered two of the leaders of the mutiny executed by a firing squad made up of 12 other mutineers
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Mutiny in New Jersey, Morristown National Historical Park, Historic Morristown, National Historical Park, The American Revolution, American History, US History, George Washington, Continental Army, Winter Encampment, History, Morristown, Jockey Hollow, The Ford Mansion, Morris County, The American Revolution in New Jersey, The Skylands, Lakeland, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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