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Staten Island (New York, United States) (search for this): entry rall-johann-gottlieb
Rall, Johann Gottlieb 1720- Hessian military officer; born in Hesse-Cassel, about 1720; led a regiment of Germans hired by the British government to fight the Americans; landed at Staten Island in June, 1776; took part in the battle of White Plains and the capture of Fort Washington, and was killed in the battle of Trenton, of which post he was in command, Dec. 26, 1776.
Kassel (Hesse, Germany) (search for this): entry rall-johann-gottlieb
Rall, Johann Gottlieb 1720- Hessian military officer; born in Hesse-Cassel, about 1720; led a regiment of Germans hired by the British government to fight the Americans; landed at Staten Island in June, 1776; took part in the battle of White Plains and the capture of Fort Washington, and was killed in the battle of Trenton, of which post he was in command, Dec. 26, 1776.
Johann Gottlieb Rall (search for this): entry rall-johann-gottlieb
Rall, Johann Gottlieb 1720- Hessian military officer; born in Hesse-Cassel, about 1720; led a regiment of Germans hired by the British government to fight the Americans; landed at Staten Island in June, 1776; took part in the battle of White Plains and the capture of Fort Washington, and was killed in the battle of Trenton, of which post he was in command, Dec. 26, 1776.
June, 1776 AD (search for this): entry rall-johann-gottlieb
Rall, Johann Gottlieb 1720- Hessian military officer; born in Hesse-Cassel, about 1720; led a regiment of Germans hired by the British government to fight the Americans; landed at Staten Island in June, 1776; took part in the battle of White Plains and the capture of Fort Washington, and was killed in the battle of Trenton, of which post he was in command, Dec. 26, 1776.
December 26th, 1776 AD (search for this): entry rall-johann-gottlieb
Rall, Johann Gottlieb 1720- Hessian military officer; born in Hesse-Cassel, about 1720; led a regiment of Germans hired by the British government to fight the Americans; landed at Staten Island in June, 1776; took part in the battle of White Plains and the capture of Fort Washington, and was killed in the battle of Trenton, of which post he was in command, Dec. 26, 1776.
1720 AD (search for this): entry rall-johann-gottlieb
Rall, Johann Gottlieb 1720- Hessian military officer; born in Hesse-Cassel, about 1720; led a regiment of Germans hired by the British government to fight the Americans; landed at Staten Island in June, 1776; took part in the battle of White Plains and the capture of Fort Washington, and was killed in the battle of Trenton, of which post he was in command, Dec. 26, 1776. Rall, Johann Gottlieb 1720- Hessian military officer; born in Hesse-Cassel, about 1720; led a regiment of Germans hired by the British government to fight the Americans; landed at Staten Island in June, 1776; took part in the battle of White Plains and the capture of Fort Washington, and was killed in the battle of Trenton, of which post he was in command, Dec. 26, 1776.