New Jersey Hessians
Truth and Lore in the American Revolution
Nonfiction, History, Revolutionary, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, Americas, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
| Author: | Peter T. Lubrecht | ISBN: | 9781625857286 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | November 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter T. Lubrecht |
| ISBN: | 9781625857286 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | November 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
During the American Revolution, Great Britain hired thirty thousand German troops to fight rebellious colonists. Five thousand of those troops marched across New Jersey from Princeton and Trenton all the way to the northern tip of Sussex County. Though popular legend would cast them as cold and vicious mercenaries, many were prisoners of war with little choice. Stories of their exploits still circulate in New Jersey, from the headless Hessian of the Morristown Swamp to the mysterious Ramapo Mountain people. Join author Pete Lubrecht as he navigates the myth of Hessian troops in New Jersey to separate fiction from fact.
During the American Revolution, Great Britain hired thirty thousand German troops to fight rebellious colonists. Five thousand of those troops marched across New Jersey from Princeton and Trenton all the way to the northern tip of Sussex County. Though popular legend would cast them as cold and vicious mercenaries, many were prisoners of war with little choice. Stories of their exploits still circulate in New Jersey, from the headless Hessian of the Morristown Swamp to the mysterious Ramapo Mountain people. Join author Pete Lubrecht as he navigates the myth of Hessian troops in New Jersey to separate fiction from fact.
