Links

~ Revolutionary War - recreated units / organizations ~

The Brigade of the American Revolution

The British Brigade

Infantrie Regiment von Donop
Hessian Grenadier Company located in PA / NJ mid-atlantic region

Brunswick Light Infantry Battalion "von Barner"
Our friends to the north, Brunswicker "lights" based in Toronto,Canada

Braunschweiger Jägers
Our German-based Jäger friends

Hessische Jägers
Our German-based Jäger zu Pferd reenactor friends

Infanterie Regiment von Trumbach/Bose
Hessian Grenadier Company based in the southeast US

Infanterie Regiment von Riedesel
Brunswick Musketier Regiment located in the midwest US

Hesse Hanau Jäger Battalion
NY based "Canadian Dept." Jaeger Company

Infanterie Regiment Ditfurth
German-based Grenadier Company

Hesse-Kassel Jäger Korps
Jäger Company located in southeastern US

1st Ko'y Jäger Korps von Hesse-Kassel
northeastern Ohio based Jäger Company

Butler's Rangers

Peters' Corps

The Indian Dept. & Select Marksmen

The KRRNY: King's Royal Yorkers

The Woodland Confederacy

Brant's Volunteers
followers of "The Monster Brant!"

The Loyal American Regiment

23rd Regiment of Foot, Royal Welsh Fusiliers in America

His Majesty's 40th Reg. of Foot

4th Coy, Brigade of Guards

16th "The Queen's" Light Dragoons

17th Light Dragoons
Death or Glory!

Queen's Rangers, 1st American Regt.
historically the QR's & the Jägers conducted numerous joint operations

Queen's Rangers, 1st American Regt.
top notch re-enactment group based in Devon,England

Historic Encampment at Schloss Fasanerie
An 18th century event held in Germany
that features "Jäger zu Pferd" (mounted Jägers)!

Continental Line Web Page
What would Rev War reenacting be without rebel "targets"?

Pulaski's Independent Legion
...foreign "adventurers" serving the rebels cause!

Von Heer's Provost Corps - "The Marechaussee"
...German-born military police serving Washington's Army

Royal Deux Ponts Regiment #104
...French allies of the rebels with a Germanic "twist"!

85eme Regiment de Saintonge
...more French allies to the rebels cause

Regiment Bourbonnais
...& more French allies to the rebels cause

Regiment Gatinais
...still more French allies to the rebels cause!?

Lauzun's Legion
...Was?! still more French allies of the rebels!?
again with somewhat of a Germanic "twist"!

Was ist dies?!....Untreuere Rebellische Schweine?!

2nd New York Provincial Battalion (circa 1775)

4th New York Regiment

5th New York Regiment

2nd New Jersey Regiment, Helms' Company

3rd New Jersey Regiment, The Jersey Blues

Captain John Outwater's Company of NJ Militia

2d Virginia Regiment

Und Our Favorite foes of the battlefield
Those American Jägers ....."the riflemen de Ottendorff"
of
Captain Selin's Company

~ Revolutionary War - historical ~

Bibliography of German Participation in Revolutionary War

John Merz's Hessian Page
A site started by our old departed friend.
Lots of info regarding the German participation in the Rev War

THE HESSIANS and the other GERMAN AUXILIARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN
IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
...on-line edition of the 1884 classic by Edward J. Lowell

Les drapeaux des Regiments de Hesse-Cassel en Am?rique 1776-1783
(The flags of the Hesse-Cassel Regiments in America 1776-1783)

BRUCE E. BURGOYNE TRANSLATIONS OF HESSIAN DIARIES

Robert A. Selig's webpage
Historian, scholar, lecturer, consultant, editor, and writer.
Area of expertise is German and German-American history,
particularly the role of Germans in the American Revolutionary War

Ansbach-Bayreuth troops and the Revolutionary War

Genealogy & The Hessian Soldiers

18th Century History - The Age of Reason and Change

Religion and the American Revolution

Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion:
Oatmeal for the Foxhounds

Loyalist Institute Home Page
Fantastic site!
Almost everything you want to know about the Loyalists military participation

Loyalist Regiments Leave New York

Drums Along The Mohawk

NEW YORK INDEPENDENCE TRAIL

New York Forts

The Three Rivers; Hudson~Mohawk~Schoharie:
History From America's Most Famous Valleys
(lot's of info regarding the Colonial period!)

Hudson River History Tour

The Battle of White Plains
The battle where a certain infamous Hessian trooper
was suppose to have "lost" his head!

Ten Crucial Days
A website devoted to the Battles of Trenton and Princeton

Washington Crossing State Park

Old Barracks Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
Hessian barracks during the Battle of Trenton

Princeton Battlefield State Park

Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site
The infamous battle site that pitted rebel militia against Butler's Rangers,
Joseph Brant's volunteers & Indian allies, and included JŠgers too!

Saratoga National Historical Park

New Jersey during the Revolution

Fort Lee Historic Park, NJ

Battle of Bound Brook (Middlebrook) NJ

Morristown (& Jockey Hollow) National Historic Park

Monmouth Battlefield State Park

Battle of Brandywine

Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site

Cooch's House - An UnCommon Place in Delaware

Van Cortlandt House Museum

Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site

Dyckman House Museum
18th century Dutch farm house in Manhattan, NY
complete with "Hessian Hut" on the property!

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
premier living history village

~ Sutlers ~

G. Gedney Godwin

Najecki Reproductions
maker of the JŠger Kevenhueller & supplier of hobnailed shoes

Clearwater Hats
maker of the Kevenhueller seen in "The Patriot" & other Rev War styles

Loyalist Arms - Canada
makers of Pistor style Jaegers & Potzdam muskets

The Rifle Shoppe
"Pistor & Ansbach" Jaegers for the do-it-yourselfer
(see their German Arms link for these two models).
They also have the Potzdam musket

Pecatonica River Long Rifle Supply, Inc.
basic Jaeger for the do-it-yourselfer (needs patchbox & sling swivels)

Jim Chambers Flintlocks, Ltd.
"Christians Spring - Edward Marshall" model for the do-it-yourselfer is passable
with addition of a martial-style triggerguard & sling swivels

R.E. Davis Company
maker of Jaeger rifle furniture & locks

"Phillips und Bier"
das Artifaciers Extrodinare, LTD

Carl Giordano, Tinsmith

GooseBay Workshops
copper & tinsmith

Tentsmiths

King's Arms Press and Bindery

Prints George

Ballindalloch Press-Books

Hope Farm Press & Bookshop

Kannik's Korner- A Historical Costume Pattern and Book Publisher

The Recollections of J.P. Ryan

Textiles for Colonial Clothing - Sally Queen & Associates

Barkertown Sutlers

CD Jarnagin Rev War Catalog

Julia Smith, historic pottery reproductions
Delftware, Redware, & Stoneware

Westmoore Pottery of Seagrove, N.C.
replica redware and stoneware

Alice Ross Hearth Studios - History of Food

Eastern Native Seed Conservancy
available seeds of fruits & vegetables cultivated by Native Americans

Applesource Home
specialty & heriloom apple varieties

Trees of Antiquity

Oregon Wild Hair Moustache Wax
for those wishing to achieve & maintain the Hessian "look"
-- the very best wax I've seen on the market!

~ Hessian & Germanic Heritage Links ~

Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada

Roads to Ruins; the Castles of Germany

Schloss Reichenstein
...this castle has a connection to the famous "Jäger aus Kurpfalz."

A Land Called Hessen

Deutsche Wappen - German Civic Arms- HESSEN

Staatliche Museen Kassel
...the Hessian Country Museum (Kassel)& National Art Collections (Kassel).

Palatine Germans in the Mohawk Valley, NY

Frederick the Great's Military Instruction to His Generals

The Origin and Meaning of the Christmas Tree
....what Hessian related site would be complete without this gift from Germany to the world?

German Christmas Links

The Dutch Barn Preservation Society

Dueling Central
...a fascinating site with a wealth of info, not just on dueling in Germany
or during the Rev War, but on the subject world wide.

National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association
...okay, it is'nt German nor Hessian heritage,
but is an important link just the same!

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