Battle of Cedar Bridge
Last Battle of the American War of Independence
[Including 225th Pulaski Massacre Reenactment]
September 22-25, 2006
Lake Manahawkin, New Jersey
Cast of Historic Characters
(Reenactors in Parenthesis)
Bacon and the Loyalists 3 wounded at Cedar Bridge
Captain John Bacon (William Treusch)
₤50 Sterling bounty for capture or death - boat "Heros Revenge"
Bacons wife
Bacons brother
Brewer shot Sylvester Tilton
Ickabod Johnson ₤25 Sterling bounty for capture
wounded and dies at Woodmansee home
William Wilson (at Manahawkin and Barnegat Light) employed by Soper
The Burlington Militia
Captain Richard Shreve (Mitch Baker)
Captain Edward Thomas
Benjamin Shreve uncle of Richard
Robert Reckless - wounded
Joel Cook
John Stewart of Arneytown
William Cook, Jr. (killed at Cedar Bridge at Bacons hands)
horse wounded he jumps in water
Barnegat Light Massacre
Captain David Scull (Alligator)
Captain Joseph Conover (Covehhoven)
Lieutenant Andrew Steelman - killed
Reuben Soper
Joseph Soper
Hezekiah Soper
William Wilson traitor who brings Bacon to wreck
Team that Captured (killed) Bacon at William Rose Tavern
Captain Stewart
Joel Cook
John Brown
Thomas Smith
John Jones
Unnamed man
Girl that overhears location
The Manahawkin Militia Company 5 2nd Monmouth
Captain Rueben Fitz Randolph (b1734) tied up at tree by Bacon
Nathan Crane (adjunct) Lieutenant
Michael Bennett
Jeremiah Bennett
Samuel Bennett
Israel Bennington
Joseph Brown 1st
Joseph Brown 2nd
Joseph Camburn
Thomas Chamberlain
William Casselman
Luke Courtney
Job Randolph
Seth Crane
Amos Coffee
David Howell
David Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Thomas Kelson
Phillip Palmer, Jr.
Benjamin P. Pearson
Enoch Read
David Smith
Joseph Soper boat builder and former employer of Bacon
Reuben Soper
Linus Pangborn (killed at Manahawkin 12/3/1782) leaves widow (Anna Hazelton)
Sylvester Tilton (injured at Manahawkin)
Jesse Marsch Ensign
Thomas Randolph
Zachariah Southard
Jenny Sutton
Silas Crane
Others
Joshua Studson killed by Bacon on Jan 1, 1781
John Holmes of Forked River robbed by Bacon
Captain Zephaniah Steelman killed by Bacon
Seth Crane and David Johnson avoid Bacon on bay
Governor William Livingston put price of ₤50 on Bacons Head
William Rose proprietor of Tavern (house) where Bacon is killed
Price family robbed by Bacon
William Franklin last loyalist governor did he give Bacon commission?
Crane Family employed Bacon in Manahawkin
Ocean County Dates for Revolutionary War
Chestnut Neck - Mullica river 10/6/1778
Pulaski Massacre - 10/15/1778 Incident at Little Egg
British Regulars raid from Clam Town to Shrewsbury
Destroying salt works on the way 9/1/81
Manahawkin Skirmish - 12/30/81
British Burn Toms River March 24, 1782
Joshua Huddy Affair- April 12, 1782
Almost derailed peace treaty
Barnegat Light Massacre - Oct 25, 1782
Battle of Cedar Bridge - Dec 27, 1782
Death (murder) of John Bacon - April 3, 1783
Goal to preserve and honor the site of the
Last Battle of the American War of Independence
"Any other state would have a monument, a gift shop, and maybe a wax museum." ~Local historian |
Model of Cedar Bridge Inn c1750
Model constructed by Steven Brescia and Joan Wiley
Current owner of historic inn Rudolph Koenig
Sign post on Manahawkin Walking Bridge
Old Stone Store c1838 (left)
Manahawkin RR Station 1872 (left)
Cedar Bridge Inn 8 miles (right)
Batsto 15 miles (left)
Clamtown 8 miles (left)
Childrens Rides (right)
Stafford Museum (left)
Barnegat Light 8 miles (right)
Battle of Monmouth 50 miles (right)
Trenton 50 miles (right)
Yorktown 200 miles (left)
Old Baptist Church - c1758 (right)
Craft Vendors (right)
Sutlers (right)
Rest Rooms (right)
London 2800 miles (right)
Future Event Dates
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday of Labor Day Weekend
2004 9/03/04 9/04/04 9/05/04
2005 9/02/05 9/03/05 9/04/05
2006 9/01/06 9/02/06 9/03/06
225th Skirmish at Manahawkin
2007 8/31/07 9/01/07 9/02/07
225th Battle of Cedar Bridge
225th Barnegat Light Massacre
2008 8/29/08 8/30/08 8/31/08
225th Death of Bacon
250th Anniversary of Old Manahawkin Baptist Church