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Fate of the German auxiliaries who fought in the American Revolutionary War This memorial at Jordan and Gordon Streets in Allentown, Pennsylvania, marks the location where Hessian prisoners of war were held by General George Washington and the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Germans in Europe lived in numerous separate ...
A 1799 portrait of Hessian hussars during the American Revolutionary War Hessian grenadiers. The use of foreign soldiers was common in 18th-century Europe. In the two centuries leading up to the American Revolutionary War, the continent saw frequent, though often small-scale, warfare, and military manpower was in high demand. [9]
The "German Battalion" (also known as the "German Regiment" or 8th Maryland) was an infantry formation of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Authorized in May 1776 as an extra Continental regiment , the battalion recruited ethnic Germans from Maryland and Pennsylvania .
Pennsylvania Dutch were recruited for the American Provost corps under Captain Bartholomew von Heer, [39] [Note 1] a Prussian who had served in a similar unit in Europe [40] before immigrating to Reading, Pennsylvania, prior to the war. During the Revolutionary War the Marechaussee Corps were utilized in a variety of ways, including ...
Pages in category "Personnel of German units of the American Revolutionary War" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America, and led to the surrender of General Cornwallis and the capture of both him and his army. The Continental Army 's victory at Yorktown prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.
Involved with the Conway Cabal together with Horatio Gates, he later served with Émigré forces during the French Revolutionary War. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben: May 15, 1778 to April 15, 1784. [2] (Volunteer Inspector General March 28, 1778.) [41] Former Captain in the Prussian Infantry Regiment von Salmuth. [42]
Hesse-Hanau Regiment Erbprinz was a line infantry regiment raised by Hesse-Hanau and put to the disposition of the British Crown, as part of the German Allied contingent during the American Revolutionary War. It was organized with a grenadier and five regimental companies, commanded by Colonel Wilhelm Rudolf von Gall.