New Jersey Volunteers

New Jersey Volunteers (Skinner's Greens)
James Moody, 5th Battalion New Jersey Volunteers.
Active1776-1783
Country Great Britain
Allegiance British Army
BranchBritish Provincial unit
Typedragoons (mounted infantry), (auxiliary troops)
Roleintelligence, special operations, maneuver warfare, guerrilla warfare, light infantry, cavalry light infantry, cavalry, cattle raiding
Sizesix battalions (500 each), regiment (1,800)
Garrison/HQNew York City, Province of New York
Nickname(s)Jersey Volunteers, Skinner's Corps, Skinner's Greens, Skinners
EngagementsAmerican Revolutionary War

Battle of Long Island (1776)

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British Loyalist, New Jersey Volunteers reenactors, in front of the New York Historical Society, in New York City

The New Jersey Volunteers, also known as Jersey Volunteers, "Skinners", Skinner's Corps, and Skinner's Greens (due to their green wool uniform coats), were a British provincial military unit of Loyalists, raised for service by Cortlandt Skinner, during the American Revolutionary War.