Who Were the Hessians
Hessian Soldiers in America
Six German states furnished troops to King George III and his British army to serve in America during the Revolutionary War. Those states were Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Hanau, Brunswick, Waldeck, Ansbach-Bayreuth, and Anhalt-Zerbst. By far the largest contingent was provided by Hesse-Cassel, and all German troops fighting for the British Crown in America at that time came to be known as Hessians. Click on the photo to learn more. |
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Were the Hessians Mercenaries?
By the most technical and liberal usage of the term, yes. But the term is misleading and inaccurate. One must understand that the Hessian soldier received no extra pay for his duty, and remained loyal to, and was still considered a soldier of the German state of his origin. The term mercenary might better be applied to the various princely governments that hired out their soldiers. But even here, the term may not be correct, since the German princes did not hire out their soldiers to just anybody, and many political and even religious factors determined who might be hired to who. |
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Hessian Soldiers buried at Ashbrook's Burial Ground in
Glendora, New Jersey
During the Hessian retreat from Fort Mercer on October 22nd/23rd, 1777 forty to fifty Hessian soldiers succumbed to their wounds and were buried at Ashbrooks Family Burial Ground in Glendora.
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Inscription reads:
HESSIAN SOLDIERS
40 to 50 who died of wounds from the Battle of Fort Mercer
NAMES KNOWN ONLY TO GOD
HESSIAN SOLDIERS
40 to 50 who died of wounds from the Battle of Fort Mercer
NAMES KNOWN ONLY TO GOD
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Campaigning in America: Captain Johann Ewald's Hessians in the American Revolution
The Hessian JÄGER Korps in New York and Pennsylvania, 1776-1777
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Diary of the American War: A Hessian Journal
by Captain Johann Ewald (Author), Joseph P. Tustin (Editor, Translator) |
A Hessian Diary of the American Revolution
by Johann Conrad Döhla (Author), Bruce E. Burgoyne (Editor) |
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