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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Colonel Carl von Donop (1,300) Linsing Grenadier Battalion Minningerode Grenadier Battalion Lengerke Grenadier Battalion Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    bombarding it when troops 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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    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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    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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    Johann Daniel Stirn Erbprinz Infantry Regiment Donop Infantry Regiment Reinforcements: Colonel Carl von Donop Grenadier Battalion Minningerode Grenadier Battalion...
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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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  • 4,000 troops marched along both banks of the Raritan River. Colonel Carl von Donop led the center with two Hessian grenadier battalions. Two battalions...
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  • Thayer where their commander was lying wounded. He located the Colonel Carl von Donop and ordered six Americans to carry him into the fort. The Hessian officer...
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