Irish Historical Marker at Jockey Hollow,
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Irishmen fought on both sides of the American Revolution.
For the British, they fought in battles from Maine to Georgia as members of the Royal Irish Artillery, the Queen�s Rangers and the Volunteers of Ireland.
However, the largest number of Irishmen served in the American Army. Seven out of the eleven brigades in Jockey Hollow were commanded by generals born in Ireland or who had Irish parents. It is estimated that one quarter of the entire Continental Army was from Ireland. In some regiments from Pennsylvania and Maryland, almost half of the soldiers were Irish. The Irish were so numerous in the Pennsylvania Line that General Henry Lee (�Light Horse Harry�) of Virginia referred to it as the �Line of Ireland.�
General Washington ordered all work parties to cease for the day. In the New York Brigade the officers were told �not to detail for duty any sons of St. Patrick.� Colonel Johnson, commanding the Second Pennsylvania Brigade, bought a large barrel of rum for his men, though he expected them to �conduct themselves with the greatest sobriety and good order.�
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Irish Historical Marker at Jockey Hollow, The Wick farm, Jockey Hollow, Morristown, Morristown National Historical Park, National Park Service, NPS, The Wick Estate, The American Revolution, American History, History, The Continental Army, George Washington, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, U.S. Historic District Contributing Property, The Skyland, Winter in the Skylines, NJ Skylands, New Jersey Skylands, Lakeland, New Jersey, Morris County, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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