Thank you for the good and informative post. I am very interested in the history of the American War of Independence . I lived for a long time in the small town of Ziegenhain, which is near Kassel in Hessen. There is a water fortress in Ziegenhain.Many Hessian soldiers from my homeland were recruited for the war in this fortress. I'm putting a link here to a Hessian archive. In this archive you can find all the names of soldiers, regiments and other information about the American War of Independence. Thank you very much for your interest and kind regards
Great overview of how the Hessians, Brunswickers, and others came to fight in America for the Crown during our War of Independence. Although despised by most Americans, particularly in propaganda, as brutal foreign mercenaries, "Hessian" for some time becoming synonymous with "mercenary" in American English colloquial speech, it is my understanding that more than a few either deserted, or after hostilities ended, mustered out of military service and remained in the USA to become good, loyal, and free Americans rather than return to aristocratic Germany with few prospects for upward mobility, owning their own land or business, etc.
Thank you. We will go into more detail about the mercenary question soon. Nevertheless, this issue requires more time to investigate. I will see how popular this series will become and maybe do more videos on this topic.
@@michaelfreiherr this was in the USA, and about 5 years ago, I was driving a taxi and he was one of my passengers here in California. So I assumed he was referring to the East Coast where he settled.
Thank you for the good and informative post. I am very interested in the history of the American War of Independence . I lived for a long time in the small town of Ziegenhain, which is near Kassel in Hessen. There is a water fortress in Ziegenhain.Many Hessian soldiers from my homeland were recruited for the war in this fortress. I'm putting a link here to a Hessian archive. In this archive you can find all the names of soldiers, regiments and other information about the American War of Independence.
Thank you very much for your interest and kind regards
Seume was in Ziegenhain. Seems at least this part of his story could be true.
Did I miss the link? It would be interesting!
@@michaelfreiherr Hello Michael, I don't think links are accepted here. If you enter Lagis-Hessen you will come to the archive. Best regards
Great overview of how the Hessians, Brunswickers, and others came to fight in America for the Crown during our War of Independence. Although despised by most Americans, particularly in propaganda, as brutal foreign mercenaries, "Hessian" for some time becoming synonymous with "mercenary" in American English colloquial speech, it is my understanding that more than a few either deserted, or after hostilities ended, mustered out of military service and remained in the USA to become good, loyal, and free Americans rather than return to aristocratic Germany with few prospects for upward mobility, owning their own land or business, etc.
Thank you. We will go into more detail about the mercenary question soon. Nevertheless, this issue requires more time to investigate. I will see how popular this series will become and maybe do more videos on this topic.
I met someone once who said they were descended from one of the Hessians who decided to stay. They said this guy opened an inn nearby that area.
@@johndicus123 Any idea how this particular soldier ended up being a Hessian?
@@johndicus123 Which area? In Germany or the US?
@@michaelfreiherr this was in the USA, and about 5 years ago, I was driving a taxi and he was one of my passengers here in California. So I assumed he was referring to the East Coast where he settled.