Hessian Troops in America
Timeline: Military Events 1775 – 1783
- 1775
- 1776
- 1777
- 1778
- 1779
- 1780
- 1781
- 1782
- 1783
1775
April 1775
- 19 April 1775
- Battles of Lexington and Concord
- 19 April 1775 - 17 March 1776
- Siege of Boston
- 20 April 1775
- Gunpowder Incident
May 1775
- 10 May 1775
- Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- 12 May 1775
- Capture of Fort Crown Point
- 27 May - 28 May 1775
- Battle of Chelsea Creek
June 1775
- 11 June - 12 June 1775
- Battle of Machias (Battle of the Margareta)
- 17 June 1775
- Battle of Bunker Hill (Battle of Breed's Hill)
August 1775
- 8 August 1775
- Battle of Gloucester, MA
- 30 August 1775
- Shelling of Stonington
September 1775
- 17 September - 3 November 1775
- Siege of Fort St. Jean
- 25 September 1775
- Battle of Longue-Pointe
October 1775
- 8 October 1775
- Burning of Falmouth
November 1775
- 14 November 1775
- Battle of Kemp's Landing
- 19 November - 21 November 1775
- Siege of Savage's Old Fields (First Siege of Ninety-Six)
December 1775
- 9 December 1775
- Battle of Great Bridge
- 31 December 1775
- Battle of Quebec
1776
January 1776
- 1 January 1776
- Burning of Norfolk
February 1776
- 27 February 1776
- Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
March 1776
- 2 March - 3 March 1776
- Battle of the Rice Boats
- 3 March - 4 March 1776
- Battle of Nassau
- 4 March 1776
- Fortification of Dorchester Heights
- 25 March 1776
- Battle of Saint-Pierre
April 1776
- 6 April 1776
- Battle of Block Island
May 1776
- 18 May - 27 May 1776
- Battle of the Cedars
June 1776
- 8 June 1776
- Battle of Trois-Rivières
- 28 June 1776
- Battle of Sullivan's Island (Battle of Fort Sullivan)
July 1776
- 15 July 1776
- Battle of Lindley's Fort
August 1776
- 27 August 1776
- Battle of Long Island (Battle of Brooklyn, Battle of Brooklyn Heights)
von Linsingen, von Lengerke, von Minnigerode, Prince-Succesor, von Donop, von Lossberg, von Knyphausen, von Mirbach, Rall, Courier Corps, Artillery Corps
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September 1776
- 15 September 1776
- Landing at Kip's Bay
Courier Corps
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- 16 September 1776
- Battle of Harlem Heights
Courier Corps
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October 1776
- 11 October 1776
- Battle of Valcour Island (Battle of Valcour Bay)
- 18 October 1776
- Battle of Pelham (Battle of Pell's Point)
Prince's Own Infantry, Prince Carl, von Ditfurth, von Bose, von Minnigerode
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- 28 October 1776
- Battle of White Plains
von Linsingen, von Lengerke, von Minnigerode, Prince's Own Infantry, Prince-Succesor, Prince Carl, von Ditfurth, von Lossberg, von Knyphausen, von Mirbach, Rall, Courier Corps
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November 1776
- 10 November - 29 November 1776
- Battle of Fort Cumberland
- 16 November 1776
- Battle of Fort Washington
Köhler, von Lossberg, von Knyphausen, Rall, von Stein, von Buenau, von Huyn, Waldeck, Artillery Corps
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December 1776
- 14 December 1776
- Ambush of Geary
- 22 December - 23 December 1776
- Battle of Iron Works Hill (Battle of Mount Holly)
von Linsingen, von Lengerke, Courier Corps
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- 26 December 1776
- Battle of Trenton
von Lossberg, von Knyphausen, Rall, Courier Corps, Artillery Corps
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1777
January 1777
- 2 January 1777
- Second Battle of Trenton (Battle of the Assunpink Creek)
Courier Corps
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- 3 January 1777
- Battle of Princeton
- 4 January - 31 March 1777
- Forage War
Courier Corps
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- 20 January 1777
- Battle of Millstone
Artillery Corps, Courier Corps
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April 1777
- 13 April 1777
- Battle of Bound Brooke
Courier Corps, von Linsingen, von Minnigerode
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- 27 April 1777
- Battle of Ridgefield (Danbury Raid)
May 1777
- 17 May 1777
- Battle of Thomas Creek (Thomas Creek Massacre)
- 24 May 1777
- Meig's Raid (Battle of Sag Harbour)
June 1777
- 26 June 1777
- Battle of Short Hills (Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse)
von Minnigerode, von Linsingen, von Lengerke, Courier Corps
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July 1777
- 5 July - 6 July 1777
- Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
Brunswick, Hesse-Hanau Fusilier Corps (Chasseurs), Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince, Artillery Corps (Hesse-Hanau)
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- 7 July 1777
- Battle of Hubbardton
Brunswick
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- 8 July 1777
- Battle of Fort Ann
August 1777
- 2 August - 23 August 1777
- Siege of Fort Stanwix
Hesse-Hanau Fusilier Corps (Chasseurs)
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- 6 August 1777
- Battle of Oriskany
Hesse-Hanau Fusilier Corps (Chasseurs)
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- 13 August - 14 August 1777
- Second Battle of Machias
- 16 August 1777
- Battle of Bennington
Brunswick, Artillery Corps (Hesse-Hanau), Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince, Hesse-Hanau Fusilier Corps (Chasseurs)
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- 22 August 1777
- Battle of Staten Island
Waldeck
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- 22 August 1777
- Battle of Setauket
September 1777
- September 1777
- First Siege of Fort Henry
- 3 September 1777
- Battle of Cooch's Bridge
Courier Corps
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- 11 September 1777
- Battle of Brandywine
von Linsingen, von Lengerke, von Minnigerode, Prince's Own Infantry, von Donop, von Lossberg, von Knyphausen, von Mirbach, Rall, Courier Corps
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- 16 September 1777
- Battle of the Clouds (Battle of Warren, Battle of Whitehouse Tavern, Battle of Goshen)
Courier Corps, von Linsingen, von Lengerke, von Minnigerode, Köhler
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- 19 September 1777
- Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Freeman's Farm)
Brunswick, Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince, Hesse-Hanau Fusilier Corps (Chasseurs)
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- 21 September 1777
- Battle of Paoli (Paoli Massacre, Battle of Paoli Tavern)
October 1777
- 4 October 1777
- Battle of Germantown
von Linsingen, von Lengerke, von Minnigerode, Prince's Own Infantry, von Donop, von Lossberg, von Knyphausen, von Mirbach, Rall, Courier Corps
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- 6 October 1777
- Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery
Courier Corps
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- 7 October 1777
- Second Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Bemis Heights)
Brunswick, Artillery Corps (Hesse-Hanau)
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- 22 October 1777
- Battle of Redbank
von Linsingen, von Lengerke, von Minnigerode, von Mirbach, Courier Corps, Artillery Corps
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November 1777
- 10 November - 15 November 1777
- Siege of Fort Mifflin (Siege of Mud Island Fort)
von Linsingen, von Lengerke, von Minnigerode, von Mirbach, Courier Corps, Artillery Corps
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- 25 November 1777
- Battle of Gloucester, NJ
Courier Corps
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December 1777
- 5 December - 8 December 1777
- Battle of White Marsh
- 11 December 1777
- Battle of Matson's Ford
Courier Corps
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1778
March 1778
- 7 March 1778
- Battle of Barbados
- 18 March 1778
- Battle of Quinton's Bridge
April 1778
- 24 April 1778
- North Channel Naval Duel
May 1778
- 1 May 1778
- Battle of Crooked Billet
- 20 May 1778
- Battle of Barren Hill
- 25 May - 30 May 1778
- Mount Hope Bay Raids (Taunton River Raid)
- 30 May 1778
- Battle of Cobleskill (Cobleskill Massacre)
June 1778
- 28 June 1778
- Battle of Monmouth
von Linsingen, von Lengerke, von Minnigerode, von Donop, von Lossberg, von Knyphausen
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- 30 June 1778
- Battle of Alligator Bridge
July 1778
- 3 July 1778
- Wyoming Massacre
- 27 July 1778
- First Battle of Ushant
August 1778
- 21 August - 19 October 1778
- Siege of Pondicherry
- 29 August 1778
- Battle of Rhode Island (Siege of Newport, Battle of Quaker Hill)
Prince Carl, von Lossberg, von Huyn, von Buenau, von Ditfurth, Courier Corps, Artillery Corps, Landgraf
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September 1778
- 5 September - 17 September 1778
- Grey's Raid
- 6 September 1778
- Invasion of Dominica
- 7 September - 18 September 1778
- Siege of Boonesborough
- 17 September 1778
- Attack on German Flatts
- 27 September 1778
- Baylor Massacre (Tappan Massacre)
October 1778
- 6 October 1778
- Battle of Chestnut Neck
- 16 October 1778
- Little Egg Harbour Massacre
- 24 October 1778
- Carleton's Raid
Courier Corps
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November 1778
- 11 November 1778
- Cherry Valley Massacre
December 1778
- 15 December 1778
- Battle of St. Lucia
- 18 December - 28 December 1778
- Capture of St. Lucia
- 29 December 1778
- Capture of Savannah (Battle of Morne de la Vierge)
Rall, von Wissenbach
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1779
February 1779
- 3 February 1779
- Battle of Beauport (Battle of Port Royal Island)
- 14 February 1779
- Battle of Kettle Creek
- 23 February - 25 February 1779
- Battle of Vincennes
March 1779
- 3 March 1779
- Battle of Brier Creek
May 1779
- May 1779
- Battle of Chillicothe
- 10 May - 24 May 1779
- Chesapeak Raid
June 1779
- June 1779
- Capture of Saint Vincent
- Juni-September 1779
- Armada of 1779
- 20 June 1779
- Battle of Stono Ferry
Rall, von Bose
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- 24 June 1779 - 7 February 1783
- Great Siege of Gibraltar
July 1779
- 2 July 1779
- Capture of Grenada
- 5 July - 14 July 1779
- Tryon's Raid
Courier Corps
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- 6 July 1779
- Battle of Grenada
- 16 July 1779
- Battle of Stony Point
- 22 July 1779
- Battle of Minisink
- 24 July - 29 August 1779
- Penobscot Expedition
August 1779
- 19 August 1779
- Battle of Paulus Hook
- 29 August 1779
- Battle of Newtown (Battle of Chemung)
September 1779
- 7 September 1779
- Capture of Fort Bute
Waldeck
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- 10 September 1779
- Battle of Lake Pontchartrain
Waldeck
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- 13 September 1779
- Boyd and Parker Ambush
- 14 September 1779
- Action of 14 September 1779
- 15 September 1779
- Capture of Cayo Cocina
- 16 September - 18 October 1779
- Siege of Savannah (Second Battle of Savannah)
Rall, von Wissenbach
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- 20 - 21 September 1779
- Battle of Baton Rouge
Waldeck
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- 23 September 1779
- Battle of Flamborough Head
October 1779
- 16 October - 29 November 1779
- Battle of San Fernando de Omoa
November 1779
- 11 November 1779
- Action of 11 November 1779
December 1779
- 18 December 1779
- First Battle of Martinique
1780
January 1780
- 8 January 1780
- Action of 8 January 1780
- 16 January 1780
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent
February 1780
- 3 February 1780
- Battle of Young's House
Courier Corps
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March 1780
- March - November 1780
- San Juan Expedition
- 2 March - 14 March 1780
- Battle of Fort Charlotte
- 29 March - 12 May 1780
- Siege of Charleston
von Bose, von Linsingen, von Lengerke, von Minnigerode, Köhler, von Wissenbach, Courier Corps, von Huyn
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April 1780
- 14 April 1780
- Battle of Monck's Corner
- 17 April 1780
- Second Battle of Martinique
May 1780
- 6 May 1780
- Battle of Lenud's Ferry
- 25 May 1780
- Battle of St. Louis (Battle of Fort St. Carlos)
- 25 May - August 1780
- Bird's Invasion of Kentucky
- 29 May 1780
- Battle of Waxhaws (Waxhaw Massacre, Buford's Massacre)
June 1780
- 7 June 1780
- Battle of Connecticut Farms
von Donop, Courier Corps, Prince's Own Infantry
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- 10.06.1780 (?)
- Battle of Mobley's Meeting House (Gibson's Meeting House)
- 20 June 1780
- Battle of Ramsour's Mill
von Bose
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- 23 June 1780
- Battle of Springfield, NJ
Prince's Own Infantry, von Donop, Courier Corps
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July 1780
- 12 July 1780
- Huck's Defeat
- 20 - 21 July 1780
- Battle of Bull's Ferry
- 21 July 1780
- Battle of Colson's Mill
August 1780
- 1 August 1780
- Battle of Rocky Mount
- 6 August 1780
- Battle of Hanging Rock
- 8 August 1780
- Battle of Pekowee (Battle of Piqua)
- 9 August 1780
- Action of 9 August 1780
- 16 August 1780
- Battle of Camden
- 18 August 1780
- Battle of Fishing Creek (Battle of Catawba Ford, War on Sugar Creek)
- 18 August 1780
- Battle of Musgrove Hill
- 28 August 1780
- Battle of Black Mingo
September 1780
- 20 September 1780
- Battle of Wahab's Plantation
- 26 September 1780
- Battle of Charlotte
October 1780
- 7 October 1780
- Battle of Kings Mountain
- 16 October 1780
- Royalton Raid
- 19 October 1780
- Battle of Klock's Field (Battle of Failing's Orchard, Battle of Nellis Flatts)
November 1780
- 5 November 1780
- La Balme's Defeat
- 9 November 1780
- Battle of Fishdam Ford
- 20 November 1780
- Battle of Blackstock's Farm
- 23 November 1780
- Battle of Fort St. George
1781
January 1781
- 6 January 1781
- Battle of Jersey
- 7 January 1781
- Battle of Mobile
Waldeck
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- 17 January 1781
- Battle of Cowpens
February 1781
- 1 February 1781
- Battle of Cowan's Ford
- 3 February 1781
- Capture of Sint Eustatius
- 25 February 1781
- Battle of Haw River (Pyle's Massacre, Pyle's Hacking Match)
March 1781
- 6 March 1781
- Battle of Wetzell's Mill
- 9 March 1781
- Battle of Pensacola
Waldeck
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- 15 March 1781
- Battle of Guilford Court House
von Bose, Courier Corps
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- 16 March 1781
- Battle of Cape Henry
April 1781
- 15 April 1781
- Battle of Porto Praya
- 15 April - 23 April 1781
- Siege of Fort Watson
- 25 April 1781
- Battle of Blenford (Battle of Petersburg)
Courier Corps
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- 25 April 1781
- Battle of Hobkirk's Hill (Second Battle of Camden)
- 29 or 30 April 1781
- Battle of Fort Royal
May 1781
- 1 May 1781
- Action of 1 May 1781
- May 1781
- Invasion of Tobago
- 8 May - 12 May 1781
- Battle of Fort Motte
- 22 May - 6 June 1781
- Siege of Augusta
- 22 May - 19 June 1781
- Siege of Ninety-Six, SC
- 30 May 1781
- Action of 30 May 1781
June 1781
- 26 June 1781
- Battle of Spencer's Ordinary
Courier Corps
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July 1781
- July 1781
- Francisco's Fight
- 6 July 1781
- Battle of Green Spring
von Bose, Courier Corps
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- 21 July 1781
- Naval battle of Louisbourg
August 1781
- 5 August 1781
- Battle of Dogger Bank
- 19 August 1781 - 5 February 1782
- Invasion of Minorca
- 24 August 1781
- Lochry's Defeat
- 29 August 1781
- Capture of USS Trumbull
- 30 August 1781
- Battle of Parker's Ferry
von Ditfurth
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September 1781
- 5 September 1781
- Battle of Chesapeake
- 6 September 1781
- Battle of Groton Heights (Battle of Fort Griswold)
Artillery Corps, Courier Corps
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- 8 September 1781
- Battle of Eutaw Springs
von Bose
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- 13 September 1781
- Battle of Lindley's Mill
- 13 September 1781
- Lomg Run Massacre
- 28 September - 17 October 1781
- Siege of Yorktwon
Prince-Succesor, von Bose, Courier Corps
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October 1781
- 3 October 1781
- Battle of Fort Slongo
- 21 October - 11 November 1781
- Siege of Negapatam
- 25 October 1781
- Battle of Johnstown
Courier Corps
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December 1781
- 12 December 1781
- Second Battle of Ushant
1782
January 1782
- 5 January - 12 February 1782
- Siege of Brimstone Hill
- 11 January 1782
- Capture of Trincomalee
- 22 January - 5 February 1782
- Capture of Demerara and Essequibo
- 25 January - 26 January 1782
- Battle of Saint Kitts
February 1782
- 17 February 1782
- Battle of Sadras
- 22 February 1782
- Capture of Montserrat
March 1782
- 8 March 1782
- Gnadenhütten Massacre (Moravian Massacre)
- 16 March 1782
- Battle of Roatán
- 16 March 1782
- Action of 16 March 1782
- 22 March 1782
- Battle of Little Mountain (Estill's Defeat)
April 1782
- 8 April 1782
- Battle of Delaware Bay
- 9 April - 12 April 1782
- Battle of the Saintes
- 12 April 1782
- Battle of Providien
- 13 April - 23 August 1782
- Battle of the Black River
- 19 April 1782
- Battle of the Mona Passage
- 20 April - 21 April 1782
- Action of 20-21 April 1782
May 1782
- May 1782
- Capture of the Bahamas
- 25 May - 12 June 1782
- Crawford Expedition
- 28 May - 29 May 1782
- Naval Battle of Halifax
July 1782
- 1 July 1782
- Raid on Lunenburg
- 6 July 1782
- Battle of Negapatam
August 1782
- 8 August 1782
- Battle of Piqua
- 8 August 1782
- Hudson Bay Expedition
- 15 August - 17 August 1782
- Siege of Bryan Station
- 19 August 1782
- Battle of Blue Licks
- 26 August 1782
- Battle of the Combahee River
September 1782
- 11 September - 13 September 1782
- Siege of Fort Henry
- 25 September - 3 September 1782
- Battle of the Trincomalee
October 1782
- 18 October 1782
- Action of 18 October 1782
- 20 October 1782
- Battle of Cape Spartel
December 1782
- 6 December 1782
- Action of 6 December 1782
- 12 December 1782
- Action of 12 December 1782
- 19 December 1782
- Action of 19 December 1782
Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince
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1783
January 1783
- 22 January 1783
- Action of 22 January 1782
February 1783
- 12 February 1783
- Capture of the Turks and Caicos Islands
April 1783
- 14 April - 18 April 1783
- Capture of the Bahamas
June 1783
- 7 June - 25 June 1783
- Siege of Cuddalore
- 20 June 1783
- Battle of Cuddalore
