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THE HESSIAN SOLDIERS; CHARACTER OF THE TROOPS HIRED BY KING GEORGE.
DRESDEN, Nov. 20.--The soldiers whom the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel and the other German Princes had let out to England for the suppression of the American rebellion were brought together ...
National Review8y
America’s 300 Moment: The Maryland Spartans Who Saved Washington’s Army
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 ...
Newport Buzz1d
Rhode Island Lawmakers Honor Black Soldiers of the Revolutionary War
In recognition of Black History Month, Rhode Island lawmakers acknowledged the Black soldiers who fought in the American ...
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BRITAIN'S HIRED TROOPS; THIS HESSIANS AT THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND.
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Legislators honor Black Revolutionary War soldiers of the 1st R.I. Regiment
In honor of Black History Month, Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives this week recognized the contribution of ...
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A Revolutionary War
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.