Jersey Shore Troops Vital to Coastal Defense Plan

By Thomas P. Farner | Oct 01, 2012

The events that would lead the men of Ocean County to play a major role in the Union Army’s first decisive victory in the East began in Washington, D.C., in 1861. When the South fired on Fort Sumter in April, the commanding general of the Army was ...

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