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Haldimand Collection – Numerous documents and letters concerning the participation of Hessians soldiers to the American Revolutionary War; The Marechausee: von Heer’s Provost Corps, corps history; Recreated Regiment Von Riedesel with Regiment history "Hessians:" German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War.
Hessians (US: / ˈ h ɛ ʃ ən z / or UK: / ˈ h ɛ s i ə n z /) [1] were German soldiers who served as auxiliaries to the British Army in several major wars in the 18th century, most notably the American Revolutionary War. [2] [3] The term is a synecdoche for all Germans who fought on the British side, since 65% came from the German states of ...
Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben (/ ˈ s tj uː b ən / STEW-bən or / s tj uː ˈ b ɛ n / stew-BEN, [1] German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn ˈʃtɔʏbn̩]; born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben, was a German-born American army officer who played a leading ...
The Continental Army consisted of soldiers from all the Thirteen Colonies and, after 1776, from all 13 states. The American Revolutionary War began at the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, at a time when the colonial revolutionaries had no standing
Prussian troops were subsequently used to suppress the revolution in many other German cities. At the end of 1848, Frederick William finally issued the Constitution of the Kingdom of Prussia . The liberal opposition secured the creation of a parliament , but the constitution was largely a conservative document reaffirming the monarchy's ...
Joseph Warren † an American physician who played a leading role in American Patriot organizations in Boston in the early days of the American Revolution, eventually serving as President of the revolutionary Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Warren enlisted Paul Revere and William Dawes on April 18, 1775, to leave Boston and spread the alarm ...
During the American Revolution of 1775–1783, the Connecticut 1st Company Governor's Guards [35] and the 11th Regiment of Connecticut Militia had grenadier companies. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] New York City also had a Grenadier unit, [ 38 ] as did South Carolina – the elite 1st South Carolina Regiment, raised and commanded by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney .
When the American Revolution began, the British Army was too small to overwhelm the rebellious colonies with armed might. Subsequently, the United Kingdom entered treaties with a number of German principalities which provided the British Crown with allied contingents for service in North America in exchange for monetary subsidies. A mutual aid ...