I represent Johann Wilhelm Pelzhanger. I was a sergeant in the 4th Company, 3rd Waldeck 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. We reached North America in 1776. After two years of heavy action we were sent to Pensacola, along with the provincial loyalist forces of Maryland and Pennsylvania. By August 1780, I was a batman, which means a personal servant to an officer. I died of illness on August 27, 1780. I probably still lie in an unmarked grave in Pensacola.
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