New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . ; some with green coats,some with blue ; some with buckskin breeches, otherswith black, — while Washington, with the officers ofhis staff, galloped here and there, dressed in theregular Continental uniforms of blue and buff. Among the most conspicuous uniforms of the Amer-ican army was that of the Jersey Blues. This wasa volunteer organization formed in Essex County; andthe first uniforms of these soldiers were furnished bythe patriotic women of that region. They were notable to afford anything handsome or costly : so eachsoldier w
New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . ; some with green coats,some with blue ; some with buckskin breeches, otherswith black, — while Washington, with the officers ofhis staff, galloped here and there, dressed in theregular Continental uniforms of blue and buff. Among the most conspicuous uniforms of the Amer-ican army was that of the Jersey Blues. This wasa volunteer organization formed in Essex County; andthe first uniforms of these soldiers were furnished bythe patriotic women of that region. They were notable to afford anything handsome or costly : so eachsoldier was provided with a frock coat and trousersmade of tow cloth, which was dyed a bright blue bythe same women who made it into soldiers Jersey Blues, although they must have pre-sented a very peculiar appearance in the field, becamefamous soldiers, and were known throughout the war,and occupied high positions in the Continental Jersey Blues were never disorganized, and stillremain prominent among the citizen soldiers of theState. 166 i1.
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