DAVID LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Selected Readings on German / Hessian Troops
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Andrews, Melodie. "Myrmidons from abroad: The role of the German Mercenary in the
coming of American Independence." (Ph.D. diss., University of Houston, 1986).
1037 Atwood, Rodney. The Hessians: Mercenaries from Hessen-Kassel in the American
Revolution (New York, 1980).
3579 Auerbach, Inge. Auswanderung aus Kurhessen: nach osten oder Westen? (Marburg,
Germany, 1993).
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Auerbach, Inge and Otto Froelich, eds. Hessische truppen in Amerikanischen
Unabhaengigkeitskrieg (HETRINA), vols. 2-5 (Marburg, Germany, 1976).
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Baurmeister, Carl Leopold. Revolution in America: confidential letters, and journals,
1776-1784, of Adjutant General Major Baurmeister of the Hessian forces. Bernhard
Uhlendorf, ed. and trans. (New Brunswick, N.J., 1957).
1186 Buettner, Johann Carl. Narrative of Johann Carl Buettner in the American Revolution
(New York, 1971).
6437 Burgoyne, Bruce E. Journal of a Hessian Grenadier battalion / translated by Bruce E.
Burgoyne (Westminster, MD, 2005).
5191 Burgoyne, Bruce E. The 3rd English-Waldeck regiment in the American Revolutionary
War (Bowie, MD, 1999).
1161p Burgoyne, Bruce E. The Trenton commanders : Johann Gottlieb Rall, George
Washington (Bowie, MD, 1994).
1163p Cöster, G.C. Hessian soldiers in the American Revolution : records of their marriages
and baptisms of their children, in America, performed by the Rev. G.C. Cöster, 17761783, chaplain of two Hessian regiments / translated and abstracted from the German by
Marie Dickoré (Cincinnati, OH, 1959).
414p DeMarce, Virginia Easley. Mercenary troops from Anhalt-Zerbst, Germany who served
with the British forces during the American Revolution (McNeal, Ariz., 1984).
2817 Doehla, Johann Conrad. A Hessian diary of the American Revolution. Bruce E.
Burgoyne, ed. and trans. (Norman, Okla., 1990).
1258 Eelking, Max von. The German Allied troops in the North American War of
Independence, 1776-1783 (Albany, N.Y. 1893).
1145 Eelking, Max von. Memoirs, letters, and journals of Major General Riedesel. William L.
Stone, trans. (New York, 1969).
4403 Enemy views: the American Revolutionary War as recorded by Hessian participants /
compiled, edited, and with an introduction by Bruce E. Burgoyne (Bowie, MD, 1996).
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Ewald, Johann von. Diary of the American War: A Hessian journal. Joseph P. Tustin,
ed. and trans. (New Haven, Ct., 1979).
4473 Feilitzsch, Heinrich Carl Philipp von. Diaries of two Ansbach Jaegers / Heinrich Carl
Philipp von Feilitzsch and Christian Friedrich Bartholomai ; translated and edited by
Bruce E. Burgoyne (Bowie, MD, 1997).
2785 Greene, George Washington. The German element in the War of American Independence
(New York, 1876).
6035 Hessian chaplains: their diaries and duties/ translated by Bruce E. Burgoyne (Bowie,
MD, 2003).
1431 Hessian Journals: Unpublished documents of the American Revolution. Valentine C.
Hubbs, ed. (Columbia, S.C., 1981).
3418 Hille, Julius Friederich von. The American Revolution, garrison life in French Canada
and New York: journal of an officer in the Prinz Friederich Regiment, 1776-1783. Helga
Dolbin, ed. and trans. (Westport, Ct., 1993)
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261 Hoffman, Elliott Wheelock. "The German soldiers in the American Revolution" (Ph.D.
diss., University of New Hampshire, 1982).
2589 Ingrao, Charles W. The Hessian mercenary state (Cambridge, 1987).
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Johannes Schwalm Historical Association. Johannes Schwalm, the Hessian (Lyndhurst,
Ohio, 1976).
688p Jones, Kenneth S. Captain Oliver Pond's Hessian fusiliercap: A monograph
(Worchester, Mass., 1986).
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Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association
1684 Katcher, Philip R.N. Encyclopedia of British, Provincial, and German army units, 17751783 (Harrisburg, Pa., 1973).
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Kipping, Ernst. The Hessian view of America, 1776-1783 (Monmouth Beach, N.J.,
1971).
1379p Koch, Berthold. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse and the siege and surrender at
Yorktown.
1032p Kummel, Henrich. Diaries of a Hessian chaplain and the chaplain's assistant: excerpts
from two diaries showing religious influences among the Hessians during the American
Revolution. Bruce E. Burgoyne, ed. and trans. (Pennsauken, N.J., 1990).
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Lefferts, Charles MacKubin. Uniforms of American, British, French, and German armies
in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783 (New York, 1926).
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Lowell, Edward Jackson. The Hessian and other German auxiliaries of Great Britain in
the Revolutionary War (New York, 1884).
6492 Merz, Johannes Helmut. Guide to help you find your Hessian soldier of the American
Revolution (Hamilton, Ont, 1999).
1038p Merz, Johannes Helmut. He was a Hessian (Hamilton, Ont., 1994).
6496 Merz, Johannes Helmut. Register of German military men who remained in Canada after
the American Revolution/compiled by Johannes Helmut Merz (Hamilton, Ont, 1993).
6494 Merz, Johannes Helmut. The Hessians of Nova Scotia: the personal data files of 225
Hessian soldiers who settled in Nova Scotia after the American Revolution (Hamilton,
Ont., 1994).
6493 Merz, Johannes Helmut. The Hessians of Upper Canada (Hamilton, Ont, 1997).
6495 Merz, Johannes Helmut .The Hessians of Quebec: German auxilliary soldiers of the
American Revolution remaining in Canada (Hamilton, Ont, 2001).
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Morristown National Historical Park. Hessian documents of the American Revolution,
1776-1783.
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Muenchhausen, Friedrich Ernst von. At General Howe's side, 1776-1778: the diary of
General William Howe's aide de camp, Captain Friedrich von Muenchhausen. Ernst
Kipping, trans. (Monmouth Beach, N.J., 1974).
3308 Papet, Friedrich Julius von, 1757-1793. Canada during the American Revolutionary War:
Lieutenant Friedrich Julius von Papet's journal of the sea voyage to North America and
the campaign conducted there, 15 May 1776 to 10 October 1783/ translated by Bruce E.
Burgoyne (Bowie, MD, 1998).
1119 Pausch, Georg. Journal of Captain Pausch. William L. Stone, ed. and trans. (New York,
1971).
1734 Pfister, A. The voyage of the first Hessian army from Portsmouth to New York, 1776
(New York, 1915).
4558 Piel, Jakob. Defeat, disaster and dedication: the diaries of the Hessian officers Jakob Piel
and Andreas Wiederhold/ translated from manuscripts in New York Public Library by
Bruce E. Burgoyne (Bowie, MD, 1997).
3721 Prectel, Johann Ernst. A Hessian officer's diary of the American Revolution. Bruce E.
Burgoyne, ed. and trans. (Bowie, Md., 1994).
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Pettengill, Ray W., ed. and trans. Letters From America, 1776-1779: being letters of
Brunswick, Hessian, and Waldeck officers with the British Armies during the Revolution
(Port Washington, N.Y., 1964).
410p Radloff, Herman. Hessians in the Revolution, 1776-1783 (St. Louis, Mo., 1975).
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Rainsford, Charles. Transactions as commissary for embarking foreign troops in the
English service from Germany (New York, 1880).
6438 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 Dr. Marie E. Burgoyne
(Westminster, MD, 2005).
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Riedesel, Friedericke Charlotte Luise (von Massow), Freifrau von. Baroness von
Riedesel and the American Revolution: Journal and Correspondence. Marvin L. Brown,
Jr., trans. (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1965).
1296 Rosengarten, Joseph George. American history from German Archives (Lancaster, Pa.,
1904).
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Rosengarten, Joseph George. The German soldier in the wars of the United States
(Philadelphia, 1890).
4273 Schmidt, August. The Hesse-Cassel Mirbach Regiment in the American
Revolution/translated by Bruce E. Burgoyne (Bowie, MD, 1998).
6526 Schroder, Walter K. The Hessian occupation of Newport and Rhode Island 1776-1779
(Westminster, MD, 2005).
443p Sener, Samuel Miller. The Lancaster barracks: where the British and Hessian prisoners
were detained during the Revolution (Harrisburg, PA, 1895).
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Slagel, Robert Oakley. "The Von Lossberg Regiment: A chronicle of Hessian
participation in the American Revolution" (Ph.D. diss, Washington, 1965).
Smith, Clifford Neal. American genealogical resources in German Archives (AGRIGA):
A Handbook (Munich, 1977).
951p Smith, Clifford Neal. Annotated Hessian chaplaincy record of the American Revolution,
1776-1784: christenings, marriages, deaths (McNeal Ariz., 1994).
797p Smith Clifford Neal. British and German deserters, dischargees, and prisoners of war
who may have remained in Canada and the United States, 1774-1783 (McNeal, Ariz.,
1988).
622p Smith, Clifford Neal. British deportees to America (McNeal, Ariz., 1974).
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Smith, Clifford Neal. Brunswick deserter-immigrants of the American Revolution
(Thomson, Ill., 1973).
952p Smith, Clifford Neal. Deserters and disbanded doldiers from British, German, and
Loyalist military units in the South, 1782 (McNeal, Ariz., 1991).
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Smith, Clifford Neal. Mercenaries from Ansbach and Bayreuth, Germany who remained
in America after the Revolution (McNeal, Ariz. 79).
247p Smith, Clifford Neal. Mercenaries from Hessen-Hanau who remained in Canada and the
United States after the Revolution (DeKalb, Ill., 1982).
246p Smith, Clifford Neal. Muster rolls and prisoner of war lists in American archival
collections pertaining to the German Mercenary troops who served with the British
forces during the American Revolution (DeKalb, Ill., 1976).
1216p Smith, Clifford Neal. Notes on Hessian soldiers who remained in Canada and the United
States after the American Revolution, 1775-1784 (McNeal, AZ, 1992).
953p Smith, Clifford Neal. Some German-American Participants in the American Revolution:
The Rattermann Lists (McNeal, Ariz., 1990).
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Stone, William Leete. Letters of Brunswick and Hessian officers during the American
Revolution (New York, NY, 1970).
1280p The Battle of Brandywine/ translated and edited by Bruce E. Burgoyne.
3955 Tolzmann, Don Heinrich. German Allied Troops in the American Revolution: J.R.
Rosengarten's Survey of German Archives and Sources (Bowie, 1993).
5142 Uhlendorf, Bernhard A. The siege of Charleston, with an account of the province of South
Carolina: diaries and letters of Hessian officers from the von Jungkenn papers in the
William L. Clements Library( Ann Arbor, MI, 1938).
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(#125) Volm, Matthew H. The Hessian prisoners in the American War of Independence and
their life in captivity (Glen Rock, N.J., 1978).
4864 Von Bardeleben, Lieutenant. The Diary of Lieutenant von Bardeleben and other von
Donop Regiment documents/ translated by Bruce E. Burgoyne (Bowie, MD, 1998).
1781 Waldeck, Philipp. Philipp Waldeck's diary of the American Revolution. Marion Dexter
Learned, ed. (Philadelphia, 1907).
3249 Wasmus, J.F. An Eyewitness account of the American Revolution and New England life:
The Journal of J.F. Wasmus, GermancCompany surgeon, 1776-1783. Mary C. Lynn, ed.
(New York, 1990).
3568 Wetzel, George Heinz. Das Hochfurstlich Hessische Feld-Jaeger Korps im
Amerikanischen Unabhangigkeitskrieg, 1776 bis 1783 (Kassel, Germany, 1992).