(1732-01-01)January 1, 1732 Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Died
October 25, 1777(1777-10-25) (aged 45) Red Bank, Fort Mercer, New Jersey
Allegiance
Hesse-Kassel
Service/branch
Infantry
Battles/wars
Seven Years' War
American Revolutionary War
New York and New Jersey campaign
Battle of Long Island
Landing at Kip's Bay
Battle of Harlem Heights
Battle of Iron Works Hill
Philadelphia campaign
Battle of Red Bank (DOW)
Count Carl Emil Ulrich von Donop (January 1, 1732[1] – October 25, 1777) was a Hessian colonel who fought in the American Revolutionary War. He died of wounds during the Battle of Red Bank.
^Wilhelm Gottlieb Levin von Donop: Des Obermarschalls und Drosten Wilhelm Gottlieb Levin von Donop zu Lüdershofen, Maspe Nachricht von dem Geschlecht der von Donop. Paderborn 1796, p. 21
Count Carl Emil Ulrich vonDonop (January 1, 1732 – October 25, 1777) was a Hessian colonel who fought in the American Revolutionary War. He died of wounds...
VonDonop is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: CarlvonDonop (1732–1777), Hessian soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary...
von Tilemann. Members of the vonDonop clan were prominent in state and military matters and included Colonel CarlvonDonop (1732–1777), who fought in...
under CarlvonDonop. While the American force of 600 was eventually forced from their positions by the larger Hessian force, the action prevented von Donop...
battalion under Colonel CarlvonDonop (consisting of the Linsing, Mingerode, Lengereck, and Kochler grenadiers, and Donop's own chasseur regiment) was...
speculation that Ross was the "beautiful young widow" who distracted CarlvonDonop in Mount Holly, New Jersey, after the Battle of Iron Works Hill, thus...
Jersey, 2,000 Hessian mercenary troops under the command of Colonel CarlvonDonop landed about four miles (6.4 km) from Fort Mercer, and made preparations...
continually on edge due to ongoing militia and army raids. German commanders CarlvonDonop and Johann Rall, whose brigades were at the end of the chain of outposts...
weather changed." The force included Hessian units commanded by Colonel CarlvonDonop. The invasion of New Jersey began the night of November 19, when 5,000...
service during the American Revolutionary War (b. 1748) October 25 – CarlvonDonop, Hessian colonel fighting in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1732)...
year he took over command of the entire Jäger corps after its leader, CarlvonDonop, was killed in the Battle of Red Bank. His corps performed with distinction...
main streets, King (now Warren) Street and Queen (now Broad) Street. CarlvonDonop, Rall's superior, had marched south to Mount Holly on December 22 to...
General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, who commanded his troops in several major battles. Other notable officers include Colonel CarlvonDonop (mortally wounded...
forces began skirmishing, and the Americans very nearly captured Colonel CarlvonDonop when he became separated from his main column with a small company of...
works at Flatbush Pass (today Battle Pass), and De Heister ordered CarlvonDonop to storm the redoubt, while he pressed forward with his troops. “Our...
good on October 27, pleading "illness". A Hessian force under Colonel CarlvonDonop attacked Fort Mercer on October 22 in the Battle of Red Bank. The 1st...
of the Assunpink Creek. He rejected advice from the Hessian Colonel CarlvonDonop, who proposed a two-column approach that would turn Washington's right...
Hessians under Colonel CarlvonDonop, in what came to be called the Battle of Red Bank in Red Bank in Gloucester County. VonDonop was eager to avenge the...
center, under the command of Hessian colonel, CarlvonDonop, consisted of the Hessian grenadier battalions von Linsing and Minnigerode, and the left, commanded...
named a Professor in 1830, and was on the Academic Senate in 1846. Lionel vonDonop (1882), "Kolbe, Karl Wilhelm", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German)...
fought alongside the Americans with the 1st Rhode Island Regiment. CarlvonDonop (1732–1777), Hessian colonel who fought with the British and died at...
bombarding it when troops were spotted there. This forced their commander, CarlvonDonop, to quarter his troops much more widely, and may have contributed to...
reinforce Princeton. Cornwallis arrived and was convinced by Grant and CarlvonDonop to attack Trenton with their combined forces. By January 1, 1777, Cornwallis...
from Hesse-Kassel, and were under the command of Lt. Gen. Leopold Philip von Heister. A regiment from Waldeck that was also destined for the New York...
service during the American Revolutionary War (b. 1748) October 25 – CarlvonDonop, Hessian colonel fighting in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1732)...
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