<P> About 30,000 Germans served in the Americas , and , after the war ended in 1783 , some 17,313 returned to their German homelands . Of the 12,526 who did not return , about 7,700 had died . Some 1,200 were killed in action , and 6,354 died from illness or accidents , mostly the former . Approximately 5,000 German troops settled in North America , either the United States or Canada . 4,500 of them , mainly press - ganged , settled in United States . </P>
<P> About 30,000 Germans served in the Americas , and , after the war ended in 1783 , some 17,313 returned to their German homelands . Of the 12,526 who did not return , about 7,700 had died . Some 1,200 were killed in action , and 6,354 died from illness or accidents , mostly the former . Approximately 5,000 German troops settled in North America , either the United States or Canada . 4,500 of them , mainly press - ganged , settled in United States . </P>
where did many of the hessians settle after the revolutionary war
where did many of the hessians settle after the revolutionary war
United States
United States