A couple of questions about Reuter’s book ‘Brunswick Troops in N.A.” if someone has the time to answer: 1. I have the book on Inter-library Loan from the New York State Library. This copy has introductory pages, i through xxi, followed by 94 pages with tables of data on individual soldiers. Though there are no signs of physical damage, the way page xxi ends suggests that one or more pages should follow. Could someone with access to another copy please check to see if there are pages between xxi and the data tables that the NYSL copy does not have? 2. In the seventh column (Unit) of the tables, many entries have the format #.Rec where # can be 1, 2, 3, or higher. Since these entries are blank in the eighth column (Company), I assume ‘Rec’ is short for Recruit (new?), Recruited, etc. Is that correct? And what do the numbers (#) signify? The other abbreviations are explained on page xiii, but this one is not. Thanks for any help that you can provide. Ed Harrison
Hi Ed I have my own and non altered copy of Reuter's book and there is a xxii page. That page was a flying sheet added by the editor Heritage Books. It is the continuation of page xxi : First Lieutenant Christoph Adolf Ludwig Mühlenfeltd (died 6.08.1777 near Bennington) Second Lieutenant Albrecht Christian Raabe Ensign, later Second Lieutenant, Lucas Rhenius (died 13.09.1783 on the march back) Surgeon Moritz 5. Captain Car von Geusau's Compagny First Lieutenant Gottlieb Kotte (died in 1777) Second Lieutenant Friedrich Fricke Ensign Johann von Bergert (died in 1777) Ensign Graf von Rantzau (died in 1777) Surgeon Bendix Turnau Strenght: 24 officers, 56 nco's, 14 drummers, 528 privates and 36 servants. Strenght of the Corps: 176 officers, 389 nco's, 102 drummers, 3372 privates and 261 servants. That is on page xxii !! For the Rec. is for Recruits #. The same regiment receveid new recruits during the war and that is that REc. means. Claude Crégheur -------------------------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:30 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Claus Reuter's book > > > A couple of questions about Reuter’s book ‘Brunswick Troops in N.A.” if > someone has the time to answer: > > > > 1. I have the book on Inter-library Loan from the New York State Library. > This copy has introductory pages, i through xxi, followed by 94 pages with > tables of data on individual soldiers. > > > > Though there are no signs of physical damage, the way page xxi ends > suggests that one or more pages should follow. Could someone with access > to another copy please check to see if there are pages between xxi and the > data tables that the NYSL copy does not have? > > > > 2. In the seventh column (Unit) of the tables, many entries have the > format #.Rec where # can be 1, 2, 3, or higher. Since these entries are > blank in the eighth column (Company), I assume ‘Rec’ is short for Recruit > (new?), Recruited, etc. Is that correct? And what do the numbers (#) > signify? The other abbreviations are explained on page xiii, but this one > is not. > > > > Thanks for any help that you can provide. > > > > Ed Harrison > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! > ~~~~~~~~~ > FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hello Hessians! Does anyone have a copy of Claus Reuter's book Brunswick Troops in North America? If so, I would be extremely grateful for a quick look-up. I've had a request for in intra-library loan for over 6 months and it has not been available. Should there be a hint of the information I am searching for I will gladly purchase a copy. I'm looking for a soldier named GRIEFF (alternate spellings GRAEFF, GRAF). It is possible that his forename is Wilhelm. Early histories of Schuylkill County, PA, describe him as a Brunswicker. possibly from Zweibrucken and as a prisoner at the Reading, PA POW camp. Any information would be hugely appreciated, Chris