Valley Forge, a chronicle of American heroism . ad been arrayed in battle against each other. The greater statesmen of theContinent condemned this traffic in flesh and blood, and Schiller most eloquentlyprotested against it in a tragedy, Cahale und Liebe. The scenes at the departureof the troops from their native land and their families are described as mostterrible and pitiful. Six provinces furnished these hirelings, Hesse Casselsupplying about one-half of the whole. From this principality Great Britainbought the services of fifteen regiments of infantry, four battalions of grenadiers,one co
Valley Forge, a chronicle of American heroism . ad been arrayed in battle against each other. The greater statesmen of theContinent condemned this traffic in flesh and blood, and Schiller most eloquentlyprotested against it in a tragedy, Cahale und Liebe. The scenes at the departureof the troops from their native land and their families are described as mostterrible and pitiful. Six provinces furnished these hirelings, Hesse Casselsupplying about one-half of the whole. From this principality Great Britainbought the services of fifteen regiments of infantry, four battalions of grenadiers,one corps of chasseurs and three corps of artillery. In all the Hessian contin-gent numbered 29,867 men. Of these about 1200 were killed in battle, 6354 diedof diseases and accident, 5000 deserted and 17,313 eventually returned to Europe. The Hessian regiments under Lord Howe were from Hesse Cassel. Thosewho were captured at Saratoga were marched in the autumn of 1777 across theState of Massachusetts to Boston. Intelligent writers among them have 60. Type of British Soldiery of Gen. Howes Army in Philadelphia, 1777 78 1. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry (Paoli Massacre) 4- Forty-second Highlanders, Black Watch (Paoli Massacre) 2. Twenty-second Foot 5- Grenadier 3. Seventeenth Light Dragoons 6- Sergeant, Cold Stream Guards 7. Twentieth Foot 61 recorded that they were much impressed with the dignity and soldierly spiritof their captors who, although without uniforms and many of them in rags,stood like statues when the prisoners were between the lines. Theyalso admired the sturdy country people who thronged along the route to seethem. The plucky Baroness Riedesel, with her children, accompanied her hus-band, the Hessian commander, and left a sprightly record of her experiences. These prisoners were barracked a year at Cambridge, and in November,1778, were marched to Charlottesville, Va., where many of them were detaineduntil the end of the war. While m New England they were hum
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