In October 2004 I attended the Crossroads Conference in Frederick, a conference about local history. Allan Powell, a former professor at Hagerstown Community College, gave a lecture specifically about if there were Hessian prisoners housed at Fort Frederick. He concluded "probably," but he couldn't prove it. Officers gave orders that Hessians were to be sent there, but some, if not all, were diverted, possibly to Winchester (if my memory is correct). He found no record of a sighting of a Hessian at the Fort. I remember he had reviewed a number of diaries, and none of the writers mentioned them. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: Cindy Hoffman<mailto:smoketownuniv@myactv.net> To: MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 9:12 PM Subject: [MDWASHIN] Hessian troops The Hessians and The Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain In The Revolutionary War by Edward J. Lowell has in Appendix D: Hesse-Cassel sent in 1776-1782 some 16,992 men. In the autumn of 1783 and spring 1784 10,492 returned. This is just an example of part of the approx. 30,000 men from the Hessen regions who served for the British in our revolution. So you can see that many did return, but many others did not. I can't speak specifically for Ft. Frederick. If I have a chance this week, I'll check the Western Maryland Room in the Wash.Co. Library. Lauren, you asked about the works of Burgoyne. I would highly recommend reading anything by him. In fact, he does lectures and I wish someone would get him for our area. Cindy ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== The OFFICIAL website for this list is: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/washington/<http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/washington/> ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx>