Posted by Kaitlin on Monday, September 24, 2007 at 6:52pm.
The Hessian soldiers were mercenaries from Germany. Most of them were here to earn money and fought on the British side. Patriots were Americans who may or may not have been paid, but fought for U.S. independence.
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