Between 1776 and 1783, Britain hired an estimated 30,000 German
soldiers to fight in its war against the Americans. Collectively
known as Hessians, they actually came from six German territories
within the Holy Roman Empire. Over the course of the war, members
of the German corps, including women and children, spent extended
periods of time in locations as dispersed and varied as Canada in
the North to West Florida and Cuba in the South. They shared in
every significant British military triumph and defeat. Thousands
died of disease, were killed in battle, were captured by the enemy,
or deserted. Collectively, they recorded their experiences and
observations of the war they fought in, the land they traversed,
and the people they encountered in a large body of letters,
diaries, and similar private and official records. Friederike Baer
presents a study of Britain's war against the American rebels from
the perspective of the German soldiers, a people uniquely
positioned both in the midst of the war and at its margins. The
book offers a ground-breaking reimagining of this watershed event
in world history.
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