Author: Johannes Helmut MerzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Germans
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Hessians of Nova Scotia
Author: Johannes Helmut MerzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Germans
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Hessians of Quebec
Author: Johannes Helmut MerzPublisher: Hamilton, Ont. : J.H. Merz
ISBN: 9780969744566
Category : German Canadians Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The Hessians of Nova Scotia
Author: Johannes Helmut MerzPublisher: Hamilton, Ont. : German Canadian Historical Book Pub.
ISBN: 9780969744542
Category : Germans
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Acadian Diaspora
Author: Christopher HodsonPublisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199739773
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The Acadian Diaspora tells the extraordinary story of thousands of Acadians expelled from Nova Scotia and scattered throughout the Atlantic world beginning in 1755. Following them to the Caribbean, the South Atlantic, and western Europe, historian Christopher Hodson illuminates a long-forgotten world of imperial experimentation and human brutality.
Waldeck Soldiers of the American Revolutionary War
Author: Bruce E. BurgoynePublisher:
ISBN: 9781556134807
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Of all the Hessian units employed by England during the American Revolutionary War, none traveled more widely than the 3rd English-Waldeck Regiment. This contingent of men served in the New York-New Jersey area, West Florida, and the Mississippi River are
The Hessians of Upper Canada
Author: Johannes Helmut MerzPublisher: Hamilton, Ont. : German Canadian Historical Book Pub.
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Upper Canada is now Ontario.
Freeman Families of New England, in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Author: Robert R. FreemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Descendants of Samuel, Edmund, John, Stephen, Ralph and Nathaniel Freeman, all early immigrants to New England,.
The Hessians
Author: Rodney AtwoodPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521526371
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
A study of the German auxiliaries who fought with the British against the American colonists.
Gabriel Purdy
Author: Clayton C. PurdyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cumberland (N.S. : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Gabriel Purdy (1721-1803) of the 4th generation was the son of Samuel Purdy (1685-1753) of the 3rd generation and (1) Clorinda Penelope Strang, the daughter of Daniel and Charlotte LeMaistre Strang of White Planes, New York. He was Captain of a Loyalist Company. He married Bethia Miller (1728-1809), daughter of Anthony Miller and Hannah Ganung. He moved his family to Annapolis, MD in 1784. They were the parents of eleven children. He died at Digby, Nova Scotia and was buried in the Parish of Clements Cemetery at Clementsport. Several generations of ancestors and descendants are given.
A Hessian Diary of the American Revolution
Author: Johann Conrad DöhlaPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806125305
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This unique diary, written by one of the thirty thousand Hessian troops whose services were sold to George III to suppress the American Revolution, is the most complete and informative primary account of the Revolution from the common soldier's point of view. Johann Conrad Döhla describes not just military activities but also events leading up to the Revolution, American customs, the cities and regions that he visited, and incidents in other parts of the world that affected the war. He also evaluates the important military commanders, giving readers an insight into how the enlisted men felt about their leaders and opponents. Private Döhla crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1777 as a private in the Ansbach-Bayreuth contingent of Hessian mercenaries. His American sojourn began in June 1777 in New York. Then, after several months on Staten Island and Manhatten, the Ansbach-Bayreuth regiments traveled to the thriving seaport of Newport, Rhode Island, where they spent more than a year before the British forces evacuated the area. The Ansbach-Bayreuth regiments returned briefly to the New York New Jersey area before they were sent to reinforce the English command in Virginia. Eventually Döhla participated in the battle of Yorktown—of which he provides a vivid description—before enduring two years as a prisoner of war after Cornwallis's surrender. Bruce E. Burgoyne has provided an accurate translation, helpful notes for scholars and general readers, and an introduction on the Ansbach-Bayreuth regiments and the history of Johann Conrad Döhla and his diary. This first edition of the diary in English will delight all who are interested in the American Revolution and the thirteen original colonies.