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- Hessian_(soldier) abstract "Hessians /ˈhɛʃən/ is the term given to the 18th-century German auxiliaries contracted for military service by the British government, which found it easier to borrow money to pay for their service than to recruit its own soldiers. They took their name from the German state of Hesse-Kassel. The British hired Hessian troops for combat duty in several eighteenth century conflicts, but they are most widely associated with combat operations in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783).About 30,000 German soldiers fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War, making up a quarter of the soldiers the British sent to America. They entered the British service as entire units, fighting under their own German flags, commanded by their usual officers, and wearing their existing uniforms. The largest contingent came from the state of Hesse, which supplied about 40% of the German troops who fought for the British. The others were rented from other small German states. Several more German units were placed on garrison duty in the British Isles to free up British regulars for service in North America.Patriot propaganda presented the soldiers as foreign mercenaries with no stake in America. Many of the men were press-ganged into Hessian service. Deserters were summarily executed or beaten by an entire company. Hessian prisoners of war were put to work on local farms and were offered land bounties to desert, which many did.".
- Hessian_(soldier) battle American_Revolutionary_War.
- Hessian_(soldier) battle Battle_of_Bennington.
- Hessian_(soldier) battle Battle_of_Brandywine.
- Hessian_(soldier) battle Battle_of_Fort_Washington.
- Hessian_(soldier) battle Battle_of_Germantown.
- Hessian_(soldier) battle Battle_of_Long_Island.
- Hessian_(soldier) battle Battle_of_Monmouth.
- Hessian_(soldier) battle Battle_of_Springfield_(1780).
- Hessian_(soldier) battle Battle_of_Trenton.
- Hessian_(soldier) battle Battle_of_White_Plains.
- Hessian_(soldier) commandStructure British_Army.
- Hessian_(soldier) country Electorate_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg.
- Hessian_(soldier) country Holy_Roman_Empire.
- Hessian_(soldier) country Landgraviate_of_Hesse-Kassel.
- Hessian_(soldier) country Principality_of_Anhalt-Zerbst.
- Hessian_(soldier) country Principality_of_Ansbach.
- Hessian_(soldier) country Principality_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
- Hessian_(soldier) country Waldeck_(state).
- Hessian_(soldier) notableCommander Johann_Rall.
- Hessian_(soldier) notableCommander Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen.
- Hessian_(soldier) thumbnail Hessian_jager.jpg?width=300.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageExternalLink hessindex.html.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageExternalLink www.haldimand-collection.ca.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageExternalLink www.jsha.org.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageExternalLink 1857901.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageExternalLink 2015-102.aspx.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageExternalLink gilsa-edition.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageExternalLink unabhaengigkeitskrieg.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageID "336315".
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageLength "25210".
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageOutDegree "153".
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageRevisionID "706682131".
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink 2010s.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Abraham_Woodhull.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Acre.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Albemarle_Barracks.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink American_Revolution.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink American_Revolutionary_War.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Assassins_Creed_III.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Baron_Oberst_Franz_Carl_Erdmann_von_Seitz.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Bennington.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Brandywine.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Fort_Washington.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Foulksmills.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Germantown.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Guilford_Court_House.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Long_Island.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Mainz.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Monmouth.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Springfield_(1780).
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Trenton.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Vinegar_Hill.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_White_Plains.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Benjamin_Franklin.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink British_Army.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink British_Empire.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Bugs_Bunny.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Bunker_Hill_Bunny.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_Revolutionary_War.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Combat_occupations.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hesse.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hessian_mercenaries.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mercenary_units_and_formations.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_Great_Britain_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Obsolete_occupations.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Alexander_(Brandenburg-Ansbach).
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Charles_I,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Charlottesville,_Virginia.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Continental_Army.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Convention_Army.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Cork_(city).
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Creuzbourgs_Jxc3xa4ger_Corps.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Cutlass.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink D._W._Griffith.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Disease.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Duchy_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Electorate_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Empire:_Total_War.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Frederick_Augustus,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Zerbst.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Frederick_II,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Kassel.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Friedrich_Adolf_Riedesel.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Fusilier.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Garrison.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink George_I_of_Great_Britain.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink George_Washington.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink George_Washingtons_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink German_Americans.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Germans_in_the_American_Revolution.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Grenadier.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Hanau.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Headless_Horseman.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Hectare.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Hesse.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Hessian_fly.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Holy_Roman_Empire.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Horatio_Gates.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Howard_Fast.
- Hessian_(soldier) wikiPageWikiLink Hussar.