After the victories at Trenton and Princeton, the Continental Army under General George Washington arrived in Morristown on January 6, 1777. The site was relatively secure lying behind the Watchung Mountains and the Great Swamp, and Washington chose it for the army’s winter camp.
The Arnold Tavern on the western edge of the town green became Washington’s Headquarters. Rodney’s Delaware Light Infantry was quartered on Jacob Ford's property across town. In between, some 2000 officers and soldiers rented quarters in private homes, barns, churches, and other structures throughout Morristown and in towns from Princeton to the Hudson Highlands.
Morristown National Historical Park - Places (U.S. National Park Service)
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