About 30,000 Germans in the American Revolution fought as allies of the British. A little over half returned home. About a quarter of them died either in battle or from disease. Most of the rest, 4,972, stayed here and became citizens.
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About 30,000 Germans in the American Revolution fought as allies of the British. A little over half returned home. About a quarter of them died either in battle or from disease. Most of the rest, 4,972, stayed here and became citizens.