Yes, there were Hessians with Cornwallis, but there were also Hessians at Trenton, NJ, when Washington attacked on Xmas morning!! On 2/18/2014 1:05 PM, Bill Thomas wrote: > The Hessian's were part the army of Cornwallis. They came down from New > York to Charleston, and followed Cornwallis up to Yorktown. They fought at > the battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. My AWOL Hessian > ancestor left Cornwallis at Yorktown, about a month before the battle ended. > > Bill Thomas > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >