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Hessians : German soldiers in the American Revolutionary War
- Title
- Hessians : German soldiers in the American Revolutionary War / Friederike Baer.
- Author
- Baer, Friederike
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- viii, 520 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "A Matter Pregnant with Great, Serious, National Consequences:" Britain's Decision to Hire German Auxiliaries -- "In General a Good Body, & Very Fit for Service:" Recruiting the Auxiliaries -- "Moving Across a Vast Body of Water in Nutshells:" The Voyage to America -- "The Garden of all of North America:" New York and New Jersey, 1776 -- "An Unfortunate Affair:" Trenton, 1776 -- "The Men are Weary from Toil:" Canada, 1776 and 1777 -- "A War Against all Humanity:" Fort Stanwix, Saratoga, Quebec, 1777 to 1783 -- "They were Vexed to Find that we Looked like Human Beings:" Captivity, 1776 to 1781 -- "Good Night, Peace:" Philadelphia, 1777 -- "Conquered Little but Lost Much:" Philadelphia, Rhode Island, New York, 1778 to 1780 -- "How German Bones are Scattered around in this War": The Spanish Borderlands, 1778 to 1782 -- "We Joyously went on the Expedition:" Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, 1778 to 1782 -- "We were once again Onlookers and Idlers:" Captivity after Yorktown, 1781 to 1783 -- "I Will Always Call them Rebels:" Evacuation, 1783.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-4655
- ISBN
- 9780190249632
- 0190249633
- OCLC
- 1289482077
- Author
- Baer, Friederike, author.
- Title
- Hessians : German soldiers in the American Revolutionary War / Friederike Baer.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
- Chronological Term
- 1775-1783
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-4655