New Jersey Volunteers (Skinner's Greens) | |
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![]() James Moody, 5th Battalion New Jersey Volunteers. | |
Active | 1776-1783 |
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Branch | British Provincial unit |
Type | dragoons (mounted infantry), (auxiliary troops) |
Role | intelligence, special operations, maneuver warfare, guerrilla warfare, light infantry, cavalry light infantry, cavalry, cattle raiding |
Size | six battalions (500 each), regiment (1,800) |
Garrison/HQ | New York City, Province of New York |
Nickname(s) | Jersey Volunteers, Skinner's Corps, Skinner's Greens, Skinners |
Engagements | American Revolutionary War
Battle of Long Island (1776)
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The New Jersey Volunteers, also known as Jersey Volunteers, "Skinners", Skinner's Corps, and Skinner's Greens (due to their green wool uniform coats), were a British provincial military unit of Loyalists, raised for service by Cortlandt Skinner, during the American Revolutionary War.
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