George Washington is an American icon for many important reasons. As the Continental Army’s commander-in-chief and the ...

Thousands of British and Hessian soldiers flanked the Marylanders. Few Americans would survive. Cornwallis’s men trained a light cannon and musket fire on the advancing Marylanders, who mounted ...

As the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, New York City fell to a British fleet of 30,000 soldiers and Hessian mercenaries, German soldiers-for-hire.

In the Battle of Brandywine, Washington and his army were up against William Howe and his army of 15,500 British Regulars and Hessian troops. On the day of the battle, there was very heavy fog ...

Just as Soldiers’ enlistments approached their end, Washington ordered the Army to cross the ice-choked Delaware River in the dark to capture a Hessian detachment at Trenton. Returning across ...

when Washington led his troops across the ice-filled Delaware River during a fierce storm. This surprise attack resulted in a crucial victory over Hessian mercenaries at the Battle of Trenton ...