Hessians : German soldiers in the American revolutionary war

Hessians : German soldiers in the American revolutionary war

German soldiers in the American revolutionary war

New York : Oxford University Press, 2022.

viii, 520 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

973.342 B141 2022

(OCoLC)1289482077

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 ...--Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-505) and index.
SOC Library & staff acknowledged (p.[vii]).
Author's inscribed copy.
The author was a 2011 Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati fellow.
L2022M39

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