Carl Erdmann Freiherr (Baron) von Seitz – led the regiment in the Battle of Fort Washington Oberst Johann Rall, commanding officer of the Hessian forces at the Battle of Trenton Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg, as Colonel led the von Lossberg Regiment (Alt) at the Battle of White Plains and Fort Washington. He served in Newport from 1776 until 1779 and played a decisive role at the Battle of Rhode Island. In May 1782 upon the departure of Lieutenant General Knyphausen, Lossberg replaced him as the commander of the Hessian troops in North America. Units Infantry Hesse-Cassel Jäger Corps () Fusilier Regiment von Ditfurth () Fusilier Regiment Erbprinz, later (1780) Musketeer Regiment Erbprinz (; ) Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen () Fusilier Regiment von Lossberg () Grenadier Regiment von Rall, later (1777) von Woellwarth; (1779) von Trümbach; (1781) d'Angelelli (; ; ; ) Hesse-Hanau Free Corps Hesse-Hanau Jägers Hesse-Hanau Regiment Merged grenadier battalions (from grenadier companies of several fusilier and musketeer regiments): 1st Battalion Grenadiers von Linsing 2nd Battalion Grenadiers von Block (later von Lengerke) 3rd Battalion Grenadiers von Minnigerode (later von Löwenstein) 4th Battalion Grenadiers von Köhler (later von Graf; von Platte) Garrison Regiment von Bünau () Garrison Regiment von Huyn (later von Benning) Garrison Regiment von Stein (later von Seitz; von Porbeck) Garrison Regiment von Wissenbach (later von Knoblauch) Leib Infantry Regiment (Leib-Infanterie-Regiment) Musketeer Regiment von Donop Musketeer Regiment von Trümbach (later von Bose (1779)) Musketeer Regiment von Mirbach (later Jung von Lossberg (1780)) Musketeer Regiment Prinz Carl Musketeer Regiment von Wutgenau (later Landgraf (1777)) First Light Infantry Battalion Second Light Infantry Battalion First Formation Infantry Battalion Second Infantry Battalion Third Formation Infantry Battalion Fourth Formation Infantry Battalion Fifth Formation Infantry Battalion Sixth Formation Infantry Battalion Seventh Formation Infantry Battalion Eighth Formation Infantry Battalion Cavalry First Dragoon Cavalry Regiment (1804–1812, red jacket); change to the First Light Dragoon Cavalry Regiment (1812–1816, blue jacket) Second Dragoon Cavalry Regiment (1805–1812, red jacket); change to the Second Light Dragoon Cavalry Regiment (1812–1816, blue jacket) First Hussar Regiment Second Hussar Regiment Third Hussar Regiment Artillery and engineers Hesse-Cassel Artillery corps () Hesse-Hanau Artillery King of England and German engineers In popular culture The Hessian fly, a significant pest of cereal crops, was named after its supposed arrival in North America in Hessian soldiers' straw bedding. Washington Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820) includes a celebrated figure known as the "Headless