The Hessians

The Hessians were German soldiers payed by the Brittish to fight against the American Continental Army. The Brittish hired more than 30,000 soldiers. They were called 12,992 of the 30,697 came from Hesse-Kassel. They were first voluntary soldiers, but later were hired for a very high price.

In the end of the war 17,313 returned to their homes, 1,200 were killed in action, 4,972 stayed in the colonial settlements, and 6,354 died by an illness or by an accident.