The Hessian Lieutenant Left His Name By Bennett, Gertrude Ryder

 

The Hessian Lieutenant Left His Name

By Bennett, Gertrude Ryder

The Hessian Lieutenant Left His Name by Gertrude Ryder Bennett is a historical study published in 1976 by Golden Quill Press and consists of 272 pages. The book centers on a tangible trace of the American Revolutionary War: an inscription left by a Hessian lieutenant on a window pane of a Dutch Colonial farmhouse in Brooklyn where Hessian officers were once quartered. Using this physical artifact as a point of departure, Bennett reconstructs aspects of Hessian presence in occupied New York, combining local architectural history, archival research, and broader discussion of German auxiliary troops in British service. The work blends microhistory with Revolutionary War scholarship, emphasizing how individual soldiers and small, material remnants can illuminate the wider experience of the Hessians in America.