on the morning of September 11, 1777, a column of British and Hessian soldiers from the army of General Sir William Howe, under the command of General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, marched towards the ...

Hessian Miter Cap American History Museum. ... The Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen was one of the regiments of the Second Division of troops from the German principality of Hesse-Cassel. ... General ...