The German Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence, 1776-1783 by Max von Eelking - 2012-06-18

Heritage Books, Inc.. New. The German Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence, 1776-1783 - Max von Eelking Max Von Eelking was a captain in the Saxon-Meiningen Army and corresponding member of the Historical Society of New York In 1863, he published (in Hanover, Germany) a large two-volume history of the activities of the various German regiments that fought for the British in the American Revolution The present volume is a translation and abridgement of that work and was first published in New York in 1893 by J D Rosengarten This interesting history is based on about thirty German manuscript sources—journals, diaries, letters and reports—compiled by officers and enlisted men who served in the German regiments from Hesse, Brunswick, Waldeck, Ansbach-Bayreuth, and Anhalt-Zerbst It provides a unique view of the German participation as recorded by the German soldiers themselves The abridgement done by Rosengarten consisted mainly of eliminating the general history of the American… Read More

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Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc, 1987. Facsimile Edition, presumed first printing thus. Wraps. Very good. Format is approximately 5.375 inches by 8.25 inches. 369, [7] pages. Facsimile Reprint of work originally published by Joel Munsell's Sons in Albany, NY in 1893. Contains Preface, Manuscript Authorities, The Treaties, and The German Allies in the American Revolution. Also contains Notes, and an Appendix listing the Hessian troops sent to America in 1776, as well as a list of the Officers of the Hessian Corps serving under Generals Howe, Clinton, and Carleton, 1776-1783, and a list of the Hessian Corps in America, and the German allies. Also contains an index of people and places, as well as the names of all officers and soldiers found on pages 281 to 351. This was originally published in Hanover, Germany in 1863 in two volumes of pp. 379 and pp. 271. This is an abridged edition of a history in English of the German troops (i.e., Hessians, Brunswickers, Waldeckers, etc.) who fought on the British… Read More