[1] According to German military records, the regiment was raised in Bad Hersfeld, Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), Germany.

They fought in the Battle of White Plains on October 28, 1776, and participated in the capture of Newport, Rhode Island July 29 to August 31, 1778, as well as other minor actions.

[3] Although the official history of the unit does not give precise details of its movements, there are indications of other operations: According to a Sep. 23, 1777 letter from Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, to Gen. Sir William Howe, the regiment participated in an incursion into New Jersey from the 12th to the 16th of September, 1777.

Also, a report of a Hessian deserter from 28 August 1782, found in George Washington's papers, indicates this regiment, along with "the Regt.

of Wesebach & Angenella together with Fanning's Corps., & 7th British Reg., came lately from Savannah & are now on Long Island, very weak in number and very sickly.