Battle of Millstone

Battle of Millstone
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Brigadier General Philemon Dickinson
Date January 20, 1777 Location present-day Manville, New Jersey 40°32′20″N 74°35′36″W / 40.53889°N 74.59333°W / 40.53889; -74.59333 Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Philemon Dickinson	Robert Abercromby
Strength
450	500
Casualties and losses
4–5 killed or wounded	25 killed or wounded 12 captured

The Battle of Millstone, also known as the Battle of Van Nest's Mill, was a skirmish that occurred near the mill of Abraham Van Nest in Weston, New Jersey (near present-day Manville, New Jersey) on January 20, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. A British foraging party was flanked and driven off by forces composed mostly of New Jersey militia, depriving the British of their wagons and supplies.

This action was one of a series of skirmishes known as the Forage War that persisted in northern New Jersey through the first few months of 1777, and it demonstrated that militia companies were capable of putting up a significant fight.