REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITES IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY

Mansfield-Woodhouse Cemetery
Cemetery Hill Rd. and South Lincoln Ave.
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Mansfield-Woodhouse Cemetery contains the grave of at least one Revolutionary War soldier, Abram Andrews. [1]

This cemetery is also the gravesite of Margaret "Peggy" Warne. Peggy was a local doctor who cared for soldiers during the Revolutionary War. A Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is named in her honor, and their website explains that, "According to the Medical History of the County of Warren, 1765-1890, 'Aunt Peggy' Warne, as she was called by everyone, was perhaps the most skillful, successful and widely known obstetrician of her day. She was particularly needed at the time of the Revolution when the male doctors were away with the armies. A horse was always kept ready for travel over the hills and valleys of the surrounding counties. She traveled in all sorts of weather, with her saddlebags filled with medicine to care for ailing citizens and convalescent soldiers. She attended to their needs, and she did it all 50 years before Florence Nightingale was born." [2]

Artillery Site Marker
Cemetery Hill Rd. and South Lincoln Ave.
Map / Directions to the Artillery Site Marker
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Next to the Mansfield-Woodhouse Cemetery is a sign marking this as of a Revolutionary War Artillery site. [3] Artillery was set up here to guard the Kings Highway (known as Spruce Run Turnpike) if the British should try to capture Oxford forge. [4]

Washington Retreat Route Marker
Asbury-Anderson Rd. (Rte. 632)
Near the intersection with McCullough Rd.
Map / Directions to this Revolutionary Army Retreat Route Marker
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The sign reads:
"Route of Revolutionary Army in their retreat across New Jersey after the Battle of Long Island. 1776 " [5]