Historical Marker

Cornwallis's Army

On planting strip in center of Park Avenue, about 100 ft. from intersection of Park Avenue and Mt. Vernon Street. ยท Essex

New Jersey marker

Inscription

Cornwallis's army, in pursuit of Washington's troops, in the retreat of 1776, passed through Orange, and some detachments are said to have encamped in the vicinity. Many raids and depredations were here committed by enemy soldiers.

Location

AddressOn planting strip in center of Park Avenue, about 100 ft. from intersection of Park Avenue and Mt. Vernon Street.
CountyEssex
StateNew Jersey
Coordinates40.781050, -74.247220

Sources

More markers in Essex

Abram Speer House

Speer, early landowner and Revolutionary War Captain and his family lived in this Dutch Colonial home from 1760-1929.

Calico Lane

East Orange, NJ

In the area of "Cotton Mill Pond," where after 1812, James Mason made Calico Cloth on site of early mills and tanery.

Cranetown

Glen Ridge, NJ

Cranetown, the Revolutionary name for Montclair, was named for the Crane family, at whose house Washington and Lafayette made their...

Cranetown

Colonial hamlet, named for the Crane family, in whose home Washington stayed in October, 1780.

David Burnet

Newark, NJ

Here stood the house of Dr. William Burnet, noted patriot-surgeon.