I represent Konrad Albrecht von Horn. I was a Lieutenant Colonel, and the commander of the 3rd Waldeck Regiment after the death of Col. von Hanxleden in January 1781. 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. I sailed for North America with the regiment in 1776 as a captain commanding the first company. I was promoted to Major in early 1777. After two years of heavy action the Regiment was sent to Pensacola, along with the provincial loyalist forces of Maryland and Pennsylvania. In fall of 1778, I was transferred to the 5th company and sent back to Germany to recruit. I came back to Pensacola in April 1780 (having been promoted to Lt. Col. the previous year). I had a small recruit class with me that included my son, Ens. Karl von Horn. Not long after our arrival, in July, Karl died of illness and was buried in Pensacola. I continued to serve, taking command of the Regiment after the ill-fated attack on The Village outside Mobile in January 1781. Robert Farmar‘s journal of the siege of Pensacola for May 4, 1781 says: “12 o’clock 94 Provincials under the command of Major McDonald and Waldecks under the command of Lt. Col. De Horn [sic – he meant me] to support them, stormed the works in front of the advanced redoubt, burnt their works and spiked 6 pieces of cannon & 4 pounders. The enemy had a great many killed, wounded, and taken prisoners…” After the surrender of Pensacola, we were sent by the Spanish to New York, on our honor not to fight against the Spanish again until we were exchanged. I boarded the San Pedro and San Pablo on May 29, 1781 to make that voyage. We lived in encampments at New Town on Long Island. The Waldeckers resumed duty in July of 1782, and a year later, in July of 1783, the Waldeck Regiment, 418 men and women and 13 children, left New York to return to Europe.
Sources: 26, 28, 54