German Mercenaries in Canada
Author : Jean-Pierre Wilhelmy
Publisher : Beloeil, Quebec : Maison des mots
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Jean-Pierre Wilhelmy
Publisher : Beloeil, Quebec : Maison des mots
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Clifford Neal Smith
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 14,50 MB
Release : 2009-06
Category : German Americans
ISBN : 0806353058
The contents of this consolidated volume concern mercenaries from thedutchies or principalities of Brunswick, Ansbach and Bayreuth, andHessen-Hanau, based on sources in German archives. The Brunswick forces, itshould be noted, served mainly in Canada and northern New York, where theyare likely to be found residing in 1790--unless they became prisoners ofwar. The Ansbach and Bayreuth contingents were attached directly to theBritish army commanded by generals Howe and Clinton, and together served innearly every operation of the war. Their counterparts from Hessen-Hanaufought in New York, were captured during the Saratoga campaign, and wereforce-marched to Charlottesville, Virginia.
Author : Jean-Pierre Wilhelmy
Publisher :
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Germans
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Francis Gradish
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 22,29 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Canada
ISBN :
Author : Clifford Neal Smith
Publisher : McNeal, Ariz. : Westland Publications
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 10,62 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Reference
ISBN :
This work complements German-American genealogical research monograph no. 3.
Author : Johannes Helmut Merz
Publisher : Hamilton, Ont. : J.H. Merz
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 2001
Category : German Canadians Genealogy
ISBN : 9780969744566
Author : Edward J. Lowell
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 16,52 MB
Release : 2009-06
Category : United States
ISBN : 0806351527
Nearly 30,000 German mercenaries fought on the British side during the American Revolution and participated in virtually every major engagement of the war. Although these German auxiliaries came from six different German states, they are commonly known as Hessians because the vast majority came from the principality of Hesse-Cassel. After the war, approximately 7,000 German soldiers remained in North America, becoming the progenitors of many thousands of North Americans living today. Edward J. Lowell's "The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War," one of the earliest histories of the German auxiliary troops, is a landmark work that presents a comprehensive record of the German role in the American Revolution from the German perspective. After describing the political situation in Hesse and the treaties that induced the German soldiers to fight for the British, Lowell uses original German accounts of almost every battle from 1776 to the end of the war to create a picture of what sort of people the auxiliaries were, and what impression America and the Americans made on them. This book will be of great interest to the many researchers in the United States and Canada whose ancestors were German auxiliary soldiers from the Revolutionary era.
Author : Arthur Grenke
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,29 MB
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1490772022
In German Canadians: Community Formation, Transformation and Contribution to Canadian Life, Grenke explores important themes in the German Canadian experience, including immigration, social life, the war experiences, intermarriage, political participation and the German contribution to Canadian life. Focusing on language maintenance and transition, the study explores their effect on the formation and decline of different German Canadian communities as they emerged and dissolved. While the reader may, or may not, agree with some of the conclusions reached, the work should, nevertheless, stimulate reflection and discussion.
Author : Susanne Kuss
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 35,99 MB
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0674970632
Some historians have traced a line from Germany’s atrocities in its colonial wars to those committed by the Nazis during WWII. Susanne Kuss dismantles these claims, rejecting the notion that a distinctive military ethos or policy of genocide guided Germany’s conduct of operations in Africa and China, despite acts of unquestionable brutality.
Author : Donald M. Londahl-Smidt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 13,36 MB
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 147284016X
During the American Revolution (1775–83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. Some 30,000 German troops served in North America, continuing a long-established relationship between Britain and various German principalities. These troops were widely referred to as mercenaries, implying that they sold their services individually, but they were in fact regular troops hired as a body by the British. Initially feared by the American population, the German troops came to be highly respected by their opponents. Their role in the fighting would inform the tactics and methods of a generation of German officers who returned to Europe after the war, many of whom went on to hold senior commands during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. The largest body of German troops was from Hessen-Cassel. The only German contingent to be employed as a unit under its own general officers, they were clothed and equipped in the style of Frederick the Great's Prussians and were trained in much the same way. Many had seen active service during the Seven Years' War (1756–63) and served under career officers; they were well-disciplined and competent but showed little overt enthusiasm for the British cause. The troops of Hessen-Cassel would participate in every major campaign of the conflict, with the specialized skills of the famous Jäger being particularly in demand. Fully illustrated, this lively study examines the organization, appearance, weapons, and equipment of the Hessen-Cassel troops who fought for King George in the American Revolution.