General in Hesse-Cassel army who later served in Danish Army
Johann von Ewald
Print of Ewald in his Danish general's uniform
Born
(1744-03-20)20 March 1744 Kassel, Hesse-Kassel (present-day Germany)
Died
25 June 1813(1813-06-25) (aged 69)
Allegiance
Hesse-Kassel Kingdom of Denmark-Norway
Service/branch
Army
Years of service
Hesse-Kassel: 1762–1788 Kingdom of Denmark-Norway: 1788–1813
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands held
Schleswig Jäger Corps
Schleswig-Holstein Battalion of Light Infantry
Military command of Hamburg
Military command of the Duchy of Holstein
Battles/wars
Seven Years' War
Battle of Corbach
Battle of Warburg
Siege of Cassel
American Revolutionary War
Battle of White Plains
Battle of Iron Works Hill
Battle of the Assunpink Creek
Forage War
Battle of Bound Brook
Battle of Short Hills
Battle of Cooch's Bridge
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Red Bank
Battle of White Marsh
Battle of Barren Hill
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Spencer's Ordinary
Siege of Yorktown
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Stralsund (1809)
Awards
Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog French Legion of Honor Dutch Order of the Union Order of the Dannebrog
Johann von Ewald (20 March 1744 – 25 June 1813) was a German military officer from Hesse-Kassel. After first serving in the Seven Years' War, he was the commander of the Jäger corps of the Hessian Leib Infantry Regiment attached to British forces in the American Revolutionary War.[1] He arrived with his troops, first serving in the Battle of White Plains in October 1776. He saw regular action until his capture at Yorktown in 1781. In 1788, he joined the Danish Army, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant general; he also served as governor general of Holstein during the Napoleonic Wars.[2] Following his American war experiences, he wrote an Essay on Partisan Warfare (German: Abhandlung über den kleinen Krieg), a widely read treatise on guerrilla warfare. He also kept a journal during most of his time in North America that has since become a valuable resource for historians of the war.
^"Captain Johann Ewald". National Park Service.
^"Johann Ewald's Memoirs: A Hessian captain's notes on the Revolutionary War". The New York Times. 14 March 1881.
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