Count Carl Emil Ulrich von Donop (January 1, 1732 – October 25, 1777) was a Hessian colonel who fought in the American Revolutionary War. He died of wounds...
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Von Donop is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carl von Donop (1732–1777), Hessian soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary...
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von Tilemann. Members of the von Donop clan were prominent in state and military matters and included Colonel Carl von Donop (1732–1777), who fought in...
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under Carl von Donop. While the American force of 600 was eventually forced from their positions by the larger Hessian force, the action prevented von Donop...
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battalion under Colonel Carl von Donop (consisting of the Linsing, Mingerode, Lengereck, and Kochler grenadiers, and Donop's own chasseur regiment) was...
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continually on edge due to ongoing militia and army raids. German commanders Carl von Donop and Johann Rall, whose brigades were at the end of the chain of outposts...
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weather changed." The force included Hessian units commanded by Colonel Carl von Donop. The invasion of New Jersey began the night of November 19, when 5,000...
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Jersey, 2,000 Hessian mercenary troops under the command of Colonel Carl von Donop landed about four miles (6.4 km) from Fort Mercer, and made preparations...
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service during the American Revolutionary War (b. 1748) October 25 – Carl von Donop, Hessian colonel fighting in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1732)...
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speculation that Ross was the "beautiful young widow" who distracted Carl von Donop in Mount Holly, New Jersey, after the Battle of Iron Works Hill, thus...
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year he took over command of the entire Jäger corps after its leader, Carl von Donop, was killed in the Battle of Red Bank. His corps performed with distinction...
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General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, who commanded his troops in several major battles. Other notable officers include Colonel Carl von Donop (mortally wounded...
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Colonel Carl von Donop (1,300) Linsing Grenadier Battalion Minningerode Grenadier Battalion Lengerke Grenadier Battalion Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen...
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main streets, King (now Warren) Street and Queen (now Broad) Street. Carl von Donop, Rall's superior, had marched south to Mount Holly on December 22 to...
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Leopold Philip de Heister (redirect from Leopold Philip von Heister)
works at Flatbush Pass (today Battle Pass), and De Heister ordered Carl von Donop to storm the redoubt, while he pressed forward with his troops. “Our...
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good on October 27, pleading "illness". A Hessian force under Colonel Carl von Donop attacked Fort Mercer on October 22 in the Battle of Red Bank. The 1st...
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forces began skirmishing, and the Americans very nearly captured Colonel Carl von Donop when he became separated from his main column with a small company of...
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of the Assunpink Creek. He rejected advice from the Hessian Colonel Carl von Donop, who proposed a two-column approach that would turn Washington's right...
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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...
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Hessians under Colonel Carl von Donop, in what came to be called the Battle of Red Bank in Red Bank in Gloucester County. Von Donop was eager to avenge the...
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named a Professor in 1830, and was on the Academic Senate in 1846. Lionel von Donop (1882), "Kolbe, Karl Wilhelm", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German)...
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3-pounder artillery pieces on Iron Works Hill. Hessian commanders von Block and Carl von Donop were told that there were 3,000 American troops at Mount Holly...
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fought alongside the Americans with the 1st Rhode Island Regiment. Carl von Donop (1732–1777), Hessian colonel who fought with the British and died at...
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bombarding it when Hessians were spotted there. This forced their commander, Carl von Donop, to quarter his troops much more widely, and may have contributed to...
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center, under the command of Hessian colonel, Carl von Donop, consisted of the Hessian grenadier battalions von Linsing and Minnigerode, and the left, commanded...
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Pennsylvania side of the river opened fire on Fort Mifflin, while Colonel Carl von Donop, commanding approximately 2000 Hessian troops, landed on the New Jersey...
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Von Donop 1889, p. 244. Von Donop 1889, p. 245. Russell 2020, chapter 7, "Léal Souvenir". Gramm-Lausen 2000. Gramm-Lausen 2000, pp. 36–38. Von Donop 1889...
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Johann Daniel Stirn Erbprinz Infantry Regiment Donop Infantry Regiment Reinforcements: Colonel Carl von Donop Grenadier Battalion Minningerode Grenadier Battalion...
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reinforce Princeton. Cornwallis arrived and was convinced by Grant and Carl von Donop to attack Trenton with their combined forces. By January 1, 1777, Cornwallis...
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service during the American Revolutionary War (b. 1748) October 25 – Carl von Donop, Hessian colonel fighting in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1732)...
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