Friedrich Adolf Riedesel
Hessian mercenary general
Died when: 61 years 217 days (739 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Freiherr Friedrich Adolf Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach (3 June 1738 in Lauterbach/Hesse – 6 January 1800 in Braunschweig) was a German officer who served in the Seven Years' War and American War of Independence.
He was the commander of the Braunschweiger Jäger, a regiment of soldiers from the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel that was among the German units hired by the British during the American War of Independence.
He then commanded all German soldiers in the Saratoga Campaign.
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