after The Battle of Bunker Hill after sustaining 6 gunshot wounds, including one to the head. Captain Thomas Preston, a couple of years before the war broke out, Preston was in charge of the eight-man squad that shot five angered American colonists during the controversial Boston Massacre. Royal governors Montfort Browne Henry Hamilton John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore Frontier leaders Patrick Sinclair John Butler William Caldwell Simon Girty Robert Rogers Native Americans The following Native American leaders from various nations took part in the American Revolution: Chickamauga Cherokee Dragging Canoe Lenape Buckongahelas Captain Pipe White Eyes Gelelemend Miami Little Turtle Mohawk people Joseph Brant John Deseronto Joseph Louis Cook Ojibwe Matchekewis Odawa Egushawa Seneca people Cornplanter Guyasuta Little Beard Red Jacket Sayenqueraghta Cayuga people Fish Carrier Shawnee people Blue Jacket Black Fish Black Hoof Black Snake Cornstalk Moluntha Sioux Wapasha Wyandot people Dunquat German principalities Great Britain hired the services of military troops from a number of German dominions of the Holy Roman Empire. The largest number arrived in 1776 pursuant to agreements signed in late 1775 or early 1776, but additional forces were recruited in 1778, with only limited success. The single largest contingent came from Hesse-Kassel, hence the term "Hessians". Anhalt-Zerbst: Colonel Johann von Rauschenplatt commanded the single regiment from Anhalt-Zerbst. Ansbach-Bayreuth: Colonel Friedrich Ludwig Albrecht von Eyb commanded a regiment of Ansbach infantry, and led the brigade consisting of his regiment and one from Bayreuth that included an artillery company, until May 1778. Ansbach-Bayreuth: Colonel Friedrich August Valentin Voit von Salzburg commanded the Ansbach brigade after Eyb's departure. Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Brunswick): Major General Friedrich Adolf Riedesel commanded the Brunswick troops in North America. As part of John Burgoyne's army, they were surrendered at the end of the failed Saratoga campaign. Riedesel was released to Quebec in 1781, where he served in that province's defense until his return to Europe in 1784. Electorate of Hanover: Lieutenant General August de la Motte commanded three regiments of Hanoverian troops that King George III, in his capacity as Elector of Hanover, ordered to Gibraltar, where they participated in the Great Siege of Gibraltar. Electorate of Hanover: Colonel Carl Ludwig Reinbold commanded two regiments of Hanoverian troops that King George III, in his capacity as Elector of Hanover, ordered to India, where they participated in the Siege of Cuddalore under Hector Munro. Electorate of Hanover: Major General Heinrich Bernhard von Sydow commanded