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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
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. Westminster, Md. : Heritage Books, 2005.

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Additional authors
  1. Burgoyne, Bruce E.
  2. Burgoyne, Marie E.
Description
  1. iv, 195 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Subject
  1. Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse-Kassel, 1743-1821 > Correspondence
  2. Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse-Kassel, 1743-1821
  3. Great Britain. Army > Officers > Correspondence
  4. Great Britain. Army
  5. 1775-1783
  6. Hessian mercenaries > Correspondence
  7. Military participation > German
  8. Armed Forces > Officers
  9. Hessian mercenaries
  10. Offizier
  11. Feldpostbrief
  12. United States > History > Participation, German. > Revolution, 1775-1783
  13. United States > History > Personal narratives, German. > Revolution, 1775-1783
  14. United States
  15. USA > Revolution
Genre/Form
  1. History.
  2. Personal correspondence.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. 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.
  2. Count of Hanau later became Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse-Kassel.
  3. Includes index.