The USS Passaic test firing their new guns into the
NJ Palisades in Bergen County. This story appears in
the New Jersey Civil War Odyssey Book.
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The USS Passaic test firing into
the Palisades on the Hudson River
near Fort Lee, NJ in Nov 1862.
This created a Panic along on the
Palisades as many resident,
unaware of any Naval gun test
firing, thought the Confederate
Navy was sailing up the Hudson
and shelling New York City and
New Jersey.
This NJ story is featured in both
New Jersey’s Civil War Odyssey
and
Garden State Legacy
