New Jersey Hessians
Download or Read eBook New Jersey Hessians PDF written by Peter T. Lubrecht and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Peter T. Lubrecht |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2016-11-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781625857286 |
ISBN-13 | : 1625857284 |
Rating | : 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis New Jersey Hessians by : Peter T. Lubrecht
Book excerpt: During the American Revolution, Great Britain hired thirty thousand German troops to fight rebellious colonists. Five thousand of those troops marched across New Jersey from Princeton and Trenton all the way to the northern tip of Sussex County. Though popular legend would cast them as cold and vicious mercenaries, many were prisoners of war with little choice. Stories of their exploits still circulate in New Jersey, from the headless Hessian of the Morristown Swamp to the mysterious Ramapo Mountain people. Join author Pete Lubrecht as he navigates the myth of Hessian troops in New Jersey to separate fiction from fact.