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German Hessian Mercenaries Linked to Frederick County Roots
Two recent publications trace Hessian prisoners from the Revolutionary War era held at Frederick Barracks and city prisons. Nancy Rice Kiddoo documents 182 Hessian troops confined locally, their regiments, marriages, and descendants in Maryland. A University of Oklahoma Press translation by Bruce E Burgoyne presents the Doehla diary of the Bayreuth Regiment, detailing hardships and local towns from Frederick to Littlestown, with notes on British prisoners and the Barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Rice Kiddoo
Whippany N.J
Frederick County
Maryland
Pennsylvania German Society
Birdsboro
Lion G. Miles
Agaritisa
Frederick
Miles
Bayreuth
Ansbach
Yorktown
Germany
Eschwege
Hofgeismar
Goettingen
George Ebrecht
Reformed Church
George Abrecht
Kiddoo
George
Magdalena
Middletown
Leach
Darner
Holter
Karn
Pool
Debus
Will
Eichelberger
Stephan Popp
Conrad Engelbrecht
Doehlz
Popp
Doehla
Fredericktown
Shepherdstown
Littlestown
Penoui Pur