Revolutionary war letters written by Hessian officers : Generals Wilhelm von Knyphausen, Carl Wilhelm von Hachenberg, Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg, Johann Friedrich Cochenhausen, Friedrich von Riedesel and Major Carl Leopold von Baurmeister
- Title
- Revolutionary war letters written by Hessian officers : Generals Wilhelm von Knyphausen, Carl Wilhelm von Hachenberg, Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg, Johann Friedrich Cochenhausen, Friedrich von Riedesel and Major Carl Leopold von Baurmeister / translated and edited by Bruce E. Burgoyne and Marie E. Burgoyne.
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- Westminster, Md. : Heritage Books, 2005.
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- Description
- iv, 195 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Subject
- Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse-Kassel, 1743-1821 > Correspondence
- Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse-Kassel, 1743-1821
- Great Britain. Army > Officers > Correspondence
- Great Britain. Army
- 1775-1783
- Hessian mercenaries > Correspondence
- Military participation > German
- Armed Forces > Officers
- Hessian mercenaries
- Offizier
- Feldpostbrief
- United States > History > Participation, German. > Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States > History > Personal narratives, German. > Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States
- USA > Revolution
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Personal correspondence.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- Translation of letters in the archives of the Morristown National Historical Park, N.J. Senior officers of Hesse-Cassel wrote the letters to the Count of Hanau. Written during the later period of the war, reveals the victories as well as the frustrations of the officers.
- Count of Hanau later became Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse-Kassel.
- Includes index.