Washington headquartered here in September 1780 for 14 days when the Continental Army encamped on the Kinderkamack Ridge. While a constant arena for conflict, the following significant Revolutionary War events are associated with Historic New Bridge Landing: November 20, 1776: 5,000 British and Hessian troops, under the command of Cornwallis, crossed the Hudson River and scaled the Palisades at Lower Closter Dock, then marched south against Fort Lee. Warned by a sentinel, the troops at Fort Lee [2,500-3,000] led by General Greene evacuated Fort Lee narrowly missing an encounter with the British at the Liberty Pole [Englewood]. Washington marched at the head of the troops towards the bridge and avoided entrapment by safely crossing the Hackensack River at New Bridge, "the Bridge That Saved a Nation." The events were witnessed by Thomas Paine and inspired him to write "THESE are the times that try men's souls" and fifth paragraph: "Our first object was to secure the bridge over the Hackensack..." in the American Crisis. November 21, 1776: British troops under Major General Vaughan attacked the American rear guard and seized the New Bridge, which American engineers were dismantling. May 18, 1779: British and Loyalist troops under command of Captain Patrick Fergusen attacked about 40 Bergen militiamen at New Bridge. August 18, 1779: Major Henry Lee led American troops from New Bridge, to attack the British earthworks at Paulus Hook (Jersey City). March 23, 1780: A force of Bergen Militia and Continental troops attacked 600 British troops and German auxiliaries at New Bridge on their retreat from Hackensack and Paramus, during the two hours it took for the British to repair and cross the New Bridge. April 15, 1780: A body of 312 British, Loyalist and German infantry, attacked and overwhelmed an American outpost at New Bridge commanded by Lieutenant Bryson. May 30, 1780: Eight British soldiers were killed, and several wounded, by friendly fire when British troops attempted to attack a body of Bergen Militia in the Zabriskie-Steuben House at New Bridge. July 20, 1780: Brigadier General Anthony Wayne led American troops from New Bridge on a raid against the Bull's Ferry Blockhouse. September 4–17, 1780: General Washington made his headquarters in the Zabriskie-Steuben House during the Steenrapie encampment of the Continental Army, encompassing nearly 14,000 men. The State of New Jersey confiscated the stone mansion from Jan Zabriskie, a Loyalist, in 1781. The New Jersey Legislature gave the Zabriskie