New Jersey Brigade Area

When the New Jersey troops arrived in Jockey Hollow in mid-December, no suitable campsite was available. Instead, the troops moved a few miles south of Jockey Hollow and camped on a hillside near Ayer's iron forge. The soldiers built their log cabins and moved into them by Christmas Day. The Jersey troops camped here from December 1779 until April, when they moved into huts in Jockey Hollow that had been vacated by the Maryland Brigade. Today, interpretive signs mark the site of the New Jersey Brigade encampment. The park maintains a museum and library collection related to the encampment. A hiking trail leads there, accessible from the New Jersey Brigade parking area at the Cross Estate. The buildings in the New Jersey Brigade area, including the Cross Estate, are not open to the public.