I represent Johann Henrich Lindig. I was a corporal in the 4th Company, 3rd Waldeck Regiment. I was born in 1749 in Ramss, Saxony. I was Evangelical (which means “Protestant” in this context), and I stood 5′ 9″ tall – which was a veritable giant compared to the other men in my regiment. The 3rd Waldeck Regiment was hired by the British from Waldeck Prince Frederick Karl Augustus to assist them in fighting the American rebels in the Revolutionary War. The Regiment reached North America in 1776, when I was a private. After two years of heavy action the regiment was sent to Pensacola, along with the provincial loyalist forces of Maryland and Pennsylvania. I was promoted to corporal in April 1780, but I died of illness on January 12, 1781. I probably still lie in an unmarked grave in Pensacola.
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