Date Thesis Awarded

4-2017

Access Type

Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only

Degree Name

Bachelors of Arts (BA)

Department

History

Advisor

Julie Richter

Committee Members

Bruce Campbell

Ronald Schechter

Abstract

The German Regiment was a unit raised for service in the Continental Army in the summer of 1776 from among the ethnic German populations of Pennsylvania and Maryland, which saw service in late 1776 at the Battle of Trenton and in early 1777 at the Battles of Assunpink Creek (Second Trenton) and Princeton. This thesis to examines the role of the regiment from the time it was raised to the aftermath of the campaign in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in late 1776 and 1777, emphasizing the social makeup of the regiment's officers and men, and its place as an ethnic regiment in America's first professional army.

Recommended Citation

Weaver, John B., ""A Corps of Much Service:" The German Regiment of the Continental Army" (2017). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 1050.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/1050