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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Wiant, Allen |
| Title, Analytic | John Wiant of Albemarle County, Virginia: A Hessian POW in America |
| Journal Title | The Palatine Immigrant |
| Date of Publication | Dec. 2002 |
| Volume ID | 28 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 8-12 |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 0884-5735 |
| Abstract | Johannes Wiegand, of Kempfenbrunn in Hesse-Hanau, served under the command of General Burgoyne in Canada during the American Revolutionary War. Burgoyne's defeat at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 resulted in Weigand becoming a prisoner of war; Weigand and other prisoners were marched to a location west of Charlottesville, Virginia. The author believes Weigand may have become John Wiant of Abermarle County, Virginia, who first appears in a census of 1787. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ German Americans -- Virginia/ Hessians/ Revolution, 1775-1783/ Weigand |