KNOX ARTILLERY CAMP, 1779—80. One mile west of Morristown, along the main road to Mendham (New Jersey Route 24), and at the base of a hill opposite the further end of Burnham Park, is the site occupied in 1779—80 by the Light Artillery Park and the Artillery Brigade of the Continental Army under Brig. Gen. Henry Knox. In this brigade were the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Artillery Regiments. Knox's quarters were nearby on what is now Kahdena Road, at a place called "Duchman's." The official artillery uniform was "Blue faced with Scarlet, Scarlet Lining, Yellow buttons, Yellow bound hats, Coats edged with narrow lace or tape and button holes bound with the same." Excerpt from: A Military Capital of the
American Revolution Published by the National Park Service
Historical Handbook Series No. 7,
Washington, D.C.
1950,
Reprint 1961
(by
Melvin J. Weig, with assistance from
Vera B. Craig)
The Curtiss Photograph Collection
