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soccerdude
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Who were the Hessian Soldiers of the American Revolution?

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Posted by soccerdude on Thursday October 22, 2009 at 2:07 PM and tagged with question, the legend of sleepy hollow.

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  1. pohnpei397 Teacher
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    The Hessian soldiers in the American Revolution fought on the side of the British.  These were mercenaries from Germany (one of the states of Germany is called Hesse and people from there are Hessians) who were hired by the British.  Because the British Isles are not very large, and because Britain needed a large military, they often needed to hire mercenaries.

    An estimated 29,000 Germans were brought to America to fight in the Revolutionary War.  More than 12,000 of these did not go back to Germany.

    The Hessians are perhaps most famous for having been on the losing side of the American sneak attack on Trenton, NJ.

    Sources:
    http://www.americanrevolution.org/hessindex.html

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    Posted by pohnpei397 on Thursday October 22, 2009 at 2:14 PM