As the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, New York City fell to a British fleet of 30,000 soldiers and Hessian mercenaries, German soldiers-for-hire.

On August 27, 1776, over the crackle of musket fire and ... Thousands of British and Hessian soldiers flanked the Marylanders. Few Americans would survive. Cornwallis’s men trained a light ...

In honor of Black History Month, Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives this week recognized the contribution of ...

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

DRESDEN, Nov. 20.--The soldiers whom the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel and the other German Princes had let out to England for the suppression of the American rebellion were brought together ...

In December 1776, the King George II Inn served as ... The inn also played a role in George Washington’s attack on Hessian soldiers in Trenton on Christmas night, known as the “Crossing ...

German soldiers fought in the name of England under his command. After the British’ victory over America in 1776 some soldiers of Hessian origin came from Nova Scotia to settle in Montreal. Through ...