The Trenton Commanders as Noted in Hessian Diaries: Johann Gottlieb Rall and George Washington
Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2012. Softcover. Staple bound in glossy illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine, fresh, as new copy. 16 pp. Monograph of first hand accounts culled from diaries and letters of Hessians involved in the Dec. 26 short but enormously important morning battle that occurred when the occupying forces were surprised to see the daylight break over the American Continental Army's 6000 man contingent. George Washington and his forces had made the legendary crossing of an ice-choked Delaware River on Christmas night and surprised Hessian commander Col. Johann Gottlieb Rall. The American suffered only a handful of casualties (including a near-fatal shoulder wound suffered by future President James Monroe) while Hessian casualties numbered about 900, including Col. Rall, who was killed. Fine. Item #E36456
ISBN: 0788406612
Price: $20.00