Baer, Friederike, <br/><br/>
Hessians :  German soldiers in the American Revolutionary War / 
Friederike Baer. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 520 pages) :  illustrations (black and white, and colour). 
 - Oxford scholarship online .
 - Oxford scholarship online. .
<br/><br/> Also issued in print: 2022. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780197635049  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hessian mercenaries--History.--United States<br/>History.<br/>History of the Americas.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Participation, German.--Revolution, 1775-1783
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E268 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.342