A rare 1766 King George III gold guinea, the equivalent of a soldier’s salary for a month. A knee buckle from a uniform containing fabric and human blood. Pewter and brass buttons.

History lover makes history: West Deptford man found a buried Hessian soldier. The 44-acre Gloucester County park once held Fort Mercer, ... Buttons on his uniform match those found in the grave.

A suspected knee buckle from a Hessian soldier’s uniform found at a Rowan University archaeological dig site on display in National Park, N.J., on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.

On Oct. 22, 1777, the army repelled a major assault by Hessian forces. ... The buttons fit the description of those on the uniforms of the Regiment von Mirbach, Dr. Janofsky said.

An archeological dig just outside Red Bank Battlefield Park has uncovered the skeletal remains of up to 12 individuals — believed to be Hessian soldiers fighting for Great Britain against the ...

Researchers at Rowan University announced Tuesday the discovery of remains belonging to 13 soldiers, believed to be Hessian. Hessians are from the German state of Hesse-Cassel, located in modern day ...

A Rowan University archaeological dig site in National Park, NJ on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Archaeologists discovered 13 sets of remains of possible Hessian soldiers from the 1777 Battle of Red Bank.

Of the 2,000 Hessian soldiers, 377 were killed, ... defending Fort Mercer in the battle were from a Rhode Island regiment that wore buttons marked with an anchor on their uniforms.

After archeologists found human remains in a section of Red Bank Battlefield Park last year, they realized the work to uncover the stories of the Hessian soldiers killed there 245 years ago was ...

George Washington's final years 07:07. Researchers believe they have uncovered in a mass grave in New Jersey the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War ...