A free two-day event commemorating 250 years of American history will be held at Valley View Park this weekend, featuring ...

The Hessians suffered about 377 casualties during the Battle of Red Bank, in which Fort Mercer was successfully defended against about 2,000 British and Hessian troops.

Researchers believe they have located the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers — German troops hired by the British — in a field at Red Bank Battlefield Park along the Delaware River ...

Researchers in New Jersey found the remains of 12 Hessian soldiers at a Revolutionary War battle site. The remains have rested at the site for 245 years.

History comes alive at the Battle of Bound Brook next Saturday and Sunday, April 9 and 10, when re-enactors will don the garb of British, Hessian and Continental-American soldiers.

The British military invaded Brooklyn with an awesome show of force, landing 15,000 men by noon, on August 22, 1776, marking one of the darkest days of the American Revolution.

The 44-acre Gloucester County park once held Fort Mercer, built by American forces to target British ships trying to reach occupied Philadelphia. Hessians lost short, brutal battle ...

Crossing the icy Delaware River on Christmas night, Washington’s army surprised and captured almost 1,000 brutal Hessian mercenaries, drunk from Christmas celebrations. These troops were fighting on ...

Officials believe the remains are part of a mass grave of Hessian soldiers — German troops hired by the British — who were part of about 377 troops killed by Colonial forces during the Battle of Red ...

A free two-day event commemorating 250 years of American history will be held at Valley View Park this weekend, featuring special re-enactments, speakers and rare artifacts sponsored by a Hessian l… ...