Like much of New Jersey during the American Revolution, Monmouth County was contested territory in between the great armies.
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In 1778, General George Washington rallied his Continental army and fought the British within Monmouth\'s borders, barely holding the field.
As the Battles of Trenton, Princeton and Bound Brook raged nearby, the people of Monmouth County fought their own internal revolution
Loyalist partisans led insurrections and raids that laid waste to entire neighborhoods.
Like much of New Jersey during the American Revolution, Monmouth County was contested territory in between the great armies