Hessian Soldiers of the American Revolution

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Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia.

October 19, 1781.

.By order of General Washington, the prisoners were to be divided into two groups that would begin the march north together, but would ultimately end up at two different prison camps. The first group, who would be sent to Winchester, Virginia, totaled 3,029. Included among the British ranks were 948 German prisoners of the two Battalions of Ansbach.

The second group of prisoners totaled 2,924 and included 425 German prisoners of the Regiment Hereditary Prince and 271 German prisoners of the Regiment Du Bose of the Hessian Battalions. This group, according to Washington, would be sent to Fort Frederick, Maryland, (which is not the same as the similarly named Frederick Town, or Frederick, Maryland as it�s called today).
Prior to their departure, four hundred sixty-seven of the sick and wounded British and Germans who could be moved waited in Yorktown. About thirteen hundred that were unable to march were left behind to be cared for in the hospitals

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The Bayreuther Zeitung Newspaper No. 58, 23 March, 1802.	Ansbach Regiment Marie Rasnick Fetzer Bob Brooks	Ansbach - Bayreuth Troops Jochen Seidel

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