The American loyalists; or, Biographical sketches of adherents to the British crown in the war of the revolution; alphabetically arranged; with a preliminary historical essay
The diary follows Hessian soldier Johannes Reuber from 1776 to 1783. He describes his sea voyages in detail, the hardships involved and the weather. He saw action in New York and was captured at Trenton at the time of Washington's surprise crossing of the Delaware river. He spent time as a prisoner in Philadelphia, then Lancaster,Pa. and in Winchester, Virginia. After being freed,the remainder of the war was mostly spent in Savannah,Georgia and other parts of the South. He returned to Germany in 1783.
This is a wartime biography of General Edward Hand written by one of his descendants. The majority of this book describes the events in Hand's life during the Revolutionary War. It provides details of Hand's military maneuvers. The text contains mulitple excerpts from Hand's letters and papers along with notes and citations. General Hand was born in Ireland , served in the British army prior to the American revolution, and was living in Lancaster,Pa. at the start of the Revolution.He served in the American Continental Army during the war and returned to live in Lancaster following the war.He practiced medicine and served in local and state government.
Chapters: Everyday Heroines // Writing for the Revolution // Women on the March // Spies in Petticoats // Heroines at Home // A New Nation
Summary
Men may have fought the battles of the American Revolution, but women played an important part too. Some women fought the battle at home, speaking their minds about the British occupation or gathering supplies for their soldiers. Others fought openly for their cause, secretly joining the military or becoming spies. Get to know these heroic women and their importance to the colonists' victory during the Revolutionary War. [from the publisher]
"Pennsylvania German-American Tricentennial Project of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Inc. with assistance from the Historical Society of York County (Pa.)."
Bibliography: p. 67-68.
Summary
Drawings of German men who had been soldiers for the British in the American Revolution and then remained in America after the war. Mr Miller knew of these men and made drawings of them. Biographical information accompanies the drawings.
A project in American Studies submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Arts degree in American Studies, The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, The Capital College, July 10, 1988.
Bibliography: p. 233-238.
Summary
Lewis Miller was an artist in York, PA. He made sketches of 22 Hessian soldiers who fought for the British during the American revolution and stayed in the York area after its conclusion. The author's book is based on those Hessians. In the introduction, the author states, "The purpose of this paper is to consider the individual soldiers, their families,their lives, and their involvement in the York community in which they settled. What happened to these men after the Revolution ? Why did they choose the communities in which they settled. Were they accepted by the Americans ? Did they experience financial success ? What was the nature of their family life ? Did their families suffer the stigma of having a 'Hessian' patriarch."
Index of the Rolls of honor (ancestor's index) in the Lineage books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution [volumes 1-160]
"The hand that penned the original parchments of the Constitution belonged not to one of the Founding fathers who signed it, nor to any of their prominent contemporaries. It belonged to the little-known Revolutionary War veteran named Jacob Shallus, the son of a German immigrant. This volume, the first biography of Shallus ever published, tells his fascinating story in the context of Revolutionary era Philadelphia, 1749-1796. Appendixes provide information about Shallus' son Francis---who himself was a noted engraver---and a brief history of the travel and preservation of the Constitution are included." [from Amazon.com]
