A Hessian officer's diary of the American Revolution - Prechtel, Johann Ernst; Burgoyne, Bruce E.; Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery; Bayerisches Staatsarchiv Nürnberg. (Bowie, MD : Heritage Books, 1994)
Translated from German.
Originally published: The Ansbach-Bayreuth/Prechtel diaries. Dover, Del.? : B.E. Burgoyne, 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-304) and index.
Translated from an anonymous Ansbach-Bayreuth diary (as originally written by Johann Ernest Prechtel and presently in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California) and the Prechtel diary (a copy of which is in the Bavarian State Archives, Munich, Germany).
Keywords: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, German; Prechtel, Johann Ernst -- Diaries; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives, German; Hessian mercenaries -- Diaries; Germans -- United States -- History -- 18th century; États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1775-1783 (Révolution) -- Participation allemande; Mercenaires hessois -- Journaux intimes; Prechtel, Johann Ernst; Military participation -- German; Germans; Hessian mercenaries; United States; 1700-1799; Söldner; Hessen; USA -- Unabhängigkeitskrieg.; Diaries; History; Personal narratives -- German