Hessian (soldier)
The Hessians were German soldiers who were hired to fight for the British Empire during the American revolution.
Some princes in Germany agreed to give Great Britain men to fight in return for money and were made rich by their soldiers' services.
There is controversy on whether or not the Hessians were mercenaries, or auxiliaries. However because they fought alongside other soldiers and were commanded as such, they are typically referred to as auxiliaries
Hessian (soldier) Media
A 1799 portrait of Hessian hussars during the American Revolutionary War
Hessian grenadiers
A memorial erected at Jordan and Gordon Streets in Allentown, Pennsylvania marking the location where Hessian prisoners of war were held by General George Washington and the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
The hatchment of Oberst Franz Carl Erdmann Freiherr von Seitz at St. Paul's Church in Nova Scotia
Hessian soldiers captured during the Battle of Trenton and then taken to the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia
Wilhelm von Knyphausen, commander of the Hessians in the American Revolutionary War
The gravesite of Hessian colonel Johann Holland at Little Dutch Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia
