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These soldiers were the majority of the German-speaking regulars under General John Burgoyne in the Saratoga campaign of 1777, and were generally referred to as "Brunswickers." [ 41 ] The combined forces from Brunswick and Hesse-Hanau accounted for nearly half of Burgoyne's army, [ 49 ] and the Brunswickers were known for being especially well ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Regiment Von Trümbach (from 1778 known as Regiment Von Bose) was a regiment from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel that fought alongside Britain in the American Revolution. It became Second Battalion, Regiments Prinz Carl von Hessen in 1789; Second Battalion, 3rd Hessian Infantry Regiment in 1821; and was known as First Battalion, 3.
Christopher Ludwick, known also as Ludwig (17 October 1720, in Germany – 17 June 1801, in United States), [1] was a German immigrant to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and worked as a baker general for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Wilhelm Reichsfreiherr [1] von Innhausen und Knyphausen [notes 1] (4 November 1716 Lütetsburg, East Frisia – 7 December 1800 Kassel) was a German general officer who served in Hesse-Kassel. He fought in the American Revolutionary War, during which he commanded Hessian auxiliaries on behalf of Great Britain.
American sailor and soldier of fortune known for his military service in Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion. He was killed while leading Qing forces at the Battle of Cixi. Ira Allen: 1751–1814 France: One of the founders of Vermont, Allen co-led the Green Mountain Boys during the American Revolutionary War. He went to France in 1795 ...