German Troops In The American Revolution 1

Author : Robbie MacNiven
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
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Release : 2025-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472840196

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German Troops in the American Revolution (2) by Robbie MacNiven Pdf

This is the second volume in a highly detailed study of the German auxiliary troops who fought for Britain in the American Revolutionary War and won a distinguished reputation on a host of battlefields. During the American Revolutionary War (1775–83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. While the largest body of German troops was from Hessen-Cassel (see the first volume of this study), the first Germans to be contracted by the British were from the Duchy of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel -- 4,300 men including dismounted dragoons, artillery and light infantry. Hessen-Hanau initially contributed one infantry regiment and an artillery company, which were also captured at Saratoga; Hessen-Hanau later provided the British with Jäger and light infantry troops. An infantry regiment contributed by the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont served alongside the troops of Hessen-Cassel during the New York campaign of 1776–77. The margraviates of Brandenburg Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth initially sent 1,600 men including a full regiment of Jäger; these troops fought in the Philadelphia campaign of 1777–78 and some were present at the siege of Yorktown in 1781. Finally, the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst sent two battalions of infantry which served in Canada and New York City. Fully illustrated, this lively study examines the organization, appearance, weapons, and equipment of these German auxiliary troops who fought for King George in the American Revolutionary War.

Author : Donald M. Londahl-Smidt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472840134

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German Troops in the American Revolution (1) by Donald M. Londahl-Smidt Pdf

During the American Revolution (1775–83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. Some 30,000 German troops served in North America, continuing a long-established relationship between Britain and various German principalities. These troops were widely referred to as mercenaries, implying that they sold their services individually, but they were in fact regular troops hired as a body by the British. Initially feared by the American population, the German troops came to be highly respected by their opponents. Their role in the fighting would inform the tactics and methods of a generation of German officers who returned to Europe after the war, many of whom went on to hold senior commands during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. The largest body of German troops was from Hessen-Cassel. The only German contingent to be employed as a unit under its own general officers, they were clothed and equipped in the style of Frederick the Great's Prussians and were trained in much the same way. Many had seen active service during the Seven Years' War (1756–63) and served under career officers; they were well-disciplined and competent but showed little overt enthusiasm for the British cause. The troops of Hessen-Cassel would participate in every major campaign of the conflict, with the specialized skills of the famous Jäger being particularly in demand. Fully illustrated, this lively study examines the organization, appearance, weapons, and equipment of the Hessen-Cassel troops who fought for King George in the American Revolution.

Author : Donald M. Londahl-Smidt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472840165

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German Troops in the American Revolution (1) by Donald M. Londahl-Smidt Pdf

During the American Revolution (1775–83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. Some 30,000 German troops served in North America, continuing a long-established relationship between Britain and various German principalities. These troops were widely referred to as mercenaries, implying that they sold their services individually, but they were in fact regular troops hired as a body by the British. Initially feared by the American population, the German troops came to be highly respected by their opponents. Their role in the fighting would inform the tactics and methods of a generation of German officers who returned to Europe after the war, many of whom went on to hold senior commands during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. The largest body of German troops was from Hessen-Cassel. The only German contingent to be employed as a unit under its own general officers, they were clothed and equipped in the style of Frederick the Great's Prussians and were trained in much the same way. Many had seen active service during the Seven Years' War (1756–63) and served under career officers; they were well-disciplined and competent but showed little overt enthusiasm for the British cause. The troops of Hessen-Cassel would participate in every major campaign of the conflict, with the specialized skills of the famous Jäger being particularly in demand. Fully illustrated, this lively study examines the organization, appearance, weapons, and equipment of the Hessen-Cassel troops who fought for King George in the American Revolution.

Author : Heinrich Armin Rattermann
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : German American soldiers
ISBN : 9780806349107

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A German Regiment Among the French Auxiliary Troops of the American Revolutionary War by Heinrich Armin Rattermann Pdf

The Royal German Regiment Zweibrucken, led by Prince Christian von Zweibrucken, is the focal point of this publication, which is based upon a heretofore unpublished manuscript by H.A. Rattermann found among the papers in the Rattermann Collection at the University of Illinois-Urbana by the noted German-American authority, Don Heinrich Tolzmann, who also edited the manuscript for publication. Rattermann's account follows Prince Zweibrucken and his charges from April 15, 1780, when they sailed for America. After landing in Newport, Rhode Island on July 11, Zweibrucken's unit encamped at various places in New England. During the spring and summer of the following year, They were instrumental in launching feint attacks against British General Henry Clinton's forces in New York, while a large American army was beginning to amass against Cornwallis in Virginia. The German unit eventually arrived in Williamsburg on September 26, 1781, and from October 14-17, contributed to the U.S. victory at Yorktown.

Author : Daniel Krebs
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806189031

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A Generous and Merciful Enemy by Daniel Krebs Pdf

Some 37,000 soldiers from six German principalities, collectively remembered as Hessians, entered service as British auxiliaries in the American War of Independence. At times, they constituted a third of the British army in North America, and thousands of them were imprisoned by the Americans. Despite the importance of Germans in the British war effort, historians have largely overlooked these men. Drawing on research in German military records and common soldiers’ letters and diaries, Daniel Krebs places the prisoners on center stage in A Generous and Merciful Enemy, portraying them as individuals rather than simply as numbers in casualty lists. Setting his account in the context of British and European politics and warfare, Krebs explains the motivations of the German states that provided contract soldiers for the British army. We think of the Hessians as mercenaries, but, as he shows, many were conscripts. Some were new recruits; others, veterans. Some wanted to stay in the New World after the war. Krebs further describes how the Germans were made prisoners, either through capture or surrender, and brings to life their experiences in captivity from New England to Havana, Cuba. Krebs discusses prison conditions in detail, addressing both the American approach to war prisoners and the prisoners’ responses to their experience. He assesses American efforts as a “generous and merciful enemy” to use the prisoners as economic, military, and propagandistic assets. In the process, he never loses sight of the impact of imprisonment on the POWs themselves. Adding new dimensions to an important but often neglected topic in military history, Krebs probes the origins of the modern treatment of POWs. An epilogue describes an almost-forgotten 1785 treaty between the United States and Prussia, the first in western legal history to regulate the treatment of prisoners of war.

Author : Joseph George Rosengarten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : German American soldiers
ISBN : UOM:39015032203526

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German Allied Troops in the American Revolution by Joseph George Rosengarten Pdf

"Rosengarten provides a narrative description and critique of numerous sources on Germans fighting during the American Revolution. More than half of these soldiers, literally sold into service by the princes of various German states, came from Hesse-Cassel and were generally referred to as Hessians. Also includes general information on German soldiers in the French service, American history from German sources, Benjamin Franklin in Germany, German universities, and Achenwall's observations on North America in 1767"--Publisher's description

Author : Max Von Eelking
Publisher : Southern Historical Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1639141197

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The German Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence, 1776-1783 by Max Von Eelking Pdf

By: Max Von Eelking, Pub. 1893, reprinted 2023, 360 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-119-7. This book is a history of the German troops (i.e., Hessians, Brunswickers, Waldeckers, etc.) who fought for the British during the American Revolution. The author has devoted approximately 70 pages to a List of the Officers of the Hessian Corps who served during 1776-1783. This list names about 1,500 men, arranged by regiment and thereunder by rank, with dates of service and other records. Since many of these German "auxiliaries" were captured and ultimately remained in America, this work should interest many researchers with ancestors from the Revolutionary era.

Author : George Washington Greene
Publisher : New York : Hurd and Houghton, 1876 [c1875]
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : History
ISBN : YALE:39002021324216

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The German Element in the War of American Independence by George Washington Greene Pdf

Author : Friederike Baer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190249632

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Hessians by Friederike Baer Pdf

Between 1776 and 1783, Britain hired an estimated 30,000 German soldiers to fight in its war against the Americans. Collectively known as Hessians, they actually came from six German territories within the Holy Roman Empire. Over the course of the war, members of the German corps, including women and children, spent extended periods of time in locations as dispersed and varied as Canada in the North to West Florida and Cuba in the South. They shared in every significant British military triumph and defeat. Thousands died of disease, were killed in battle, were captured by the enemy, or deserted. Collectively, they recorded their experiences and observations of the war they fought in, the land they traversed, and the people they encountered in a large body of letters, diaries, and similar private and official records. Friederike Baer presents a study of Britain's war against the American rebels from the perspective of the German soldiers, a people uniquely positioned both in the midst of the war and at its margins. The book offers a ground-breaking reimagining of this watershed event in world history.

Author : J. G. Rosengarten,Max Von Eelking
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1596412534

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The German Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence, 1776-1783 by J. G. Rosengarten,Max Von Eelking Pdf

This book will be of interest to genealogists and researchers with ancestors dating back to the Revolutionary War, especially those of German descent. Translated and Abridged From the German of Max Von Eelking, Captain Saxon-Meiningen Army; Member of the Historical Society of New York. In 1863 when this work was originally published in German, it was entitled The German Allies in the American Revolution, 1776-1783, and was in two volumes, containing 650 pages. In 1893, Mr. Rosengarten translated and abridged Mr. Von Eelking's original work, which resulted in this present volume, now considered one of the best histories of the German troops who fought with the British in the Revolutionary War. The book is filled with information on the formation, staffing, and deployment of the various military organizations, as well as well as reports on troop movements, casualties, and military engagements. Also included is "A List of the Officers of the Hessian Corps Serving Under Generals Howe, Clinton and Carleton, 1776-1783," consisting of approximately 70 pages, naming about 1,200 - 1,300 officers, arranged by unit, and including their ranks and dates of service. Throughout the narrative of the book, there a many more individuals who are mentioned by name. Paperback, (1893), repr. 2011, Place Index, Name Index, 362 pp.

Author : Rodney Atwood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 052152637X

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The Hessians by Rodney Atwood Pdf

A study of the German auxiliaries who fought with the British against the American colonists.

Author : Edward J. Lowell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1596410183

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The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War by Edward J. Lowell Pdf

The history of the German auxiliaries, who fought for Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, has not received from American writers the amount of attention which its importance would seem to deserve. Much has been made of the fact that 7,000 French soldiers and 19,000 French seamen assisted the United States in the siege of Yorktown, but we have forgotten that a force of between 15,000 and 20,000 Germans served for seven years against us; that more than 29,000 were brought to America for this purpose; that more than 12,000 never returned to Germany. The author, in preparing this work, consulted the voluminous records contained in the libraries and archives of Germany, and found original German accounts of every important engagement, and of almost every skirmish of the Revolutionary War, from the year 1776 to the conclusion of the War, except of some of those battles which occurred in the Carolinas and Georgia, and in which few, if any, Germans were engaged. The book begins with the political situation in Hesse-Cassel, the formation of military units, and continues to America and the end of the Revolution. The reader will find many personal and biographical passages, as well as stories and adventures of comparatively unimportant persons through the author's attempt to give an idea of what sort of people the auxiliaries were, and of what impression America and the Americans made upon them. This is a fascinating depiction of the American Revolution from the German point of view. Softcover, (1884), repr. 2011, Maps, Plans, Appendix, Index, 354 pp.

Author : Don Heinrich Tolzmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : German American soldiers
ISBN : 0806366044

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A German Regiment Among the French Auxiliary Troops of the American Revolutionary War by Don Heinrich Tolzmann Pdf

Features the account of a handful of German allied units devoted to the German and German-American presence in the American Revolutionary War.

Author : Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards
Publisher : Heritage Books
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : German Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015032225545

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German-Americans in the American Revolution by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards Pdf

Considered the definitive history of the involvement of German-Americans in the American Revolution, this work was originally published in 1908 and has long been out of print. It focuses on Pennsylvania and surrounding colonies, where the colonial German element was concentrated, and contains extensive biographical information of value to genealogists and historians. Although only about ten percent of the U.S. population were German-Americans, they overwhelmingly supported the Revolution. In 1776, Congress raised a German-American regiment which fought in many battles and spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge with General George Washington, whose personal bodyguard was a German-American unit. It is said that the American troops were German trained, fed, and led, as Baron von Steuben served as inspector-general, Christopher Ludwig as superintendent of baking, and Heinrich Lutterloh as quartermaster-general. Of General Nicholas Herkimer, commander of several German-American battalions from New York, General Washington wrote, "It was Herkimer who first reversed the gloomy scene...he served from love of country, not for reward." This useful work also contains numerous lists of soldiers, a surname index and a subject index. Dr. Tolzmann has edited several German-American works offered by Heritage Books; here he fills the gap in the general knowledge pertaining to the role of German-Americans in the War of Independence.

Author : Jean-Pierre Wilhelmy
Publisher : Strange Chemistry
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1926824121

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Soldiers for Sale by Jean-Pierre Wilhelmy Pdf

Examines the role of German mercenary soldiers in early North American history, including their hiring by King George III to help the British during the American Revolution and why the ones who stayed there afterwards married French-Canadian women.