Of the many myths regarding the Revolutionary War, none seem as widespread as the idea that ... Far from being brutal drunken mercenaries, the Hessian soldiers George Washington faced down in December ...

Adams knew the American Revolution had to ... fleet of 30,000 soldiers and Hessian mercenaries, German soldiers-for-hire. A crucial turning point in the war came at the end of 1777, in Saratoga ...

Thousands of British and Hessian soldiers ... treatment of the American Revolution, detailing the most important elements of nearly every significant battle of The War of Independence.