New Jersey Line - New Jersey Line, 1777

New Jersey Line, 1777

Forman's Additional Continental Regiment, under the command of Colonel David Forman, was authorized on September 16, 1776. Another unit, known formally as Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment, under the command of Colonel Oliver Spencer, was sometimes referred to as the Fifth New Jersey Regiment. Neither unit was ever allotted to the New Jersey Line although they contained a large proportion of troops from New Jersey.

List of the regiments of the New Jersey Line:

• 1st New Jersey Regiment, Colonel Matthias Ogden
• 2nd New Jersey Regiment, Colonel Israel Shreve
• 3rd New Jersey Regiment, Colonel Elias Dayton
• 4th New Jersey Regiment, Colonel Ephraim Martin
• Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment, Colonel Oliver Spencer
• Forman's Additional Continental Regiment, Colonel David Forman