Sunday, January 7, 2024

THE JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF STAFF CAPTAIN CARL LUDWIG, FREIHERR VON DÖRNBERG, 1779 – 1781

 


HESSICHE STAATSARCHIV MARBURG DIARY OF CAPTAIN VON DOERNBERG, 1779-1781, BESTAND 340, NR. H67

Abstract:

Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Doernberg (1749-1819) was commissioned a staff captain in the Hessen-Cassel infantry in November 1778, and he served in America from 1779-1782. Although not assigned to a specific unit, Doernberg served in the grenadier company of the 2d Battalion of the Guards Regiment in the Grenadier Battalion von Linsing. He later acted as an aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen and returned to Hessen with him. This diary covers 1779 and 1780. Parts of the 1779 have been transcribed, translated and published in the below articles.


Images from Microfilm

340 v.Doernberg Nr.H 67 - 209 Seiten.pdf, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association


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