German Soldier Diary – American Revolution

Not a passport but a long and thrilling diary of a German soldier during the American Revolution. With a detailed account of front-line combat at the battle of Yorktown and other locations. German Soldier American Revolution

Grenadier Wilhelm Philipp Ludwig Beuschel

This is grenadier Wilhelm Philipp Ludwig Beuschel (1747-1826) of Marktsteft, Lower Franconia, Germany, who fought in the American Revolution from 1777 to 1783.

Beuschel spent a significant amount of time on the war’s brutal frontlines, and his journal is a rich resource of detail on engagements in important battles (Short Hills, Newport, Yorktown, etc.). However, it is probably most significant as a comprehensive account of one man’s personal experience of the American Revolution, from walking away from his wife in Germany (who gave birth to their daughter two days after he left) to the lengthy transatlantic journey to New York, its thorough records of regimental movements, stories of major personalities in the war (George Washington, Rochambeau, Cornwallis, etc.), information of his time as a prisoner of war after Yorktown, and his late-life as a prisoner of war. German Soldier American Revolution 

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