Bound Brook in Somerset County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Battle of Boundbrook

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 12, 2014

1. Battle of Boundbrook Marker

Inscription.
[Front of monument]:
This stone marks the site of the Battle of Boundbrook, fought April 13, 1777, between 500 American soldiers under Gen. Benjamin Lincoln and 4,000 British troops under Lord Cornwallis.

[Back of monument]:
Boundbrook Battle Monument

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • Notable Events • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is April 13, 1777.

Location. 40° 33.768′ N, 74° 31.531′ W. Marker is in Bound Brook, New Jersey, in Somerset County. It is on E High Street, on the left when traveling south. Marker is in a park on E High Street, near the intersection with E Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bound Brook NJ 08805, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s North Jersey,

specifically in Central Jersey,

in Greater Princeton,

and in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bound Brook World War I Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Old Stone Bridge (approx. 0.2 miles away); Battle of Bound Brook (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bound Brook Library World War I Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Van Horn Plaza (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Battle of Bound Brook (approx. 0.3 miles away); Queen’s Bridge

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); The Frelinghuysen Tavern (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bound Brook.

Also see . . . The Battle of Bound Brook. New Jersey’s Great Northwest Skyways. (Submitted on May 17, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Battle of Boundbrook Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, May 17, 2008

2. Battle of Boundbrook Monument

Monument Reverse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, May 17, 2008

3. Monument Reverse

Back of the Battle of Boundbrook Monument.

Marker in Bound Brook Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, May 17, 2008

4. Marker in Bound Brook Park

Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln and about 500 soldiers were in this area in April of 1777 to defend Washington’s Morristown encampment and supply base from the British Army in New Brunswick.

Monuments in Bound brook image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, May 17, 2008

5. Monuments in Bound brook

Cornwallis led a force of 2,000 to face Lincoln’s Army on April 13, 1777. The Americans stopped Cornwallis, but lost up to 80 men captured.

Battle of Boundbrook image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 12, 2014

6. Battle of Boundbrook

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 17, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 2,418 times since then and 84 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 12, 2014, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 17, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 6. submitted on April 12, 2014, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.