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Vauxhall Bridge Battle Marker

Vauxhall Road and Milburn Avenue
Millburn, NJ 07041
United States

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A bronze plaque mounted on a stone surface commemorates a June 23, 1780 battle where Americans delayed advancing British forces near Springfield.

Plaque near the Vauxhall Bridge on Vauxhall Road

 

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New Jersey militia and Dragoons under Colonel “Light Horse” Harry Lee, Colonel Matthias Ogden, and Captain George Walker delayed the British and Hessian army under Knyphausen as it crossed the Rahway River at this site during the Battle of Springfield on June 23, 1780.

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Related Battles

Connecticut Farms and Springfield
Battle Facts
New Jersey | June 7, 1780
Result: American Victory
Estimated Casualties
506
American
174
British
332
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