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Nicholas Haussegger (1729 – July 1786) was born in Switzerland and fought in the British army during the French and Indian War. After the war he became a leader in the Pennsylvania German community. At the beginning of the American Revolutionary War he joined the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion as a field officer. He was placed in command of the German Battalion, a unit of ethnic Germans from Pennsylvania and Maryland. He led his battalion effectively at Trenton in late December 1776. A week later, he was captured at Assunpink Creek under questionable circumstances. He apparently defected to the British and George Washington had him watched after he was sent home on parole. He was stricken from the Continental Army in March 1777. Evidence suggests that he was in contact with the British during

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  • Nicholas Haussegger
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  • Nicholas Haussegger (1729 – July 1786) was born in Switzerland and fought in the British army during the French and Indian War. After the war he became a leader in the Pennsylvania German community. At the beginning of the American Revolutionary War he joined the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion as a field officer. He was placed in command of the German Battalion, a unit of ethnic Germans from Pennsylvania and Maryland. He led his battalion effectively at Trenton in late December 1776. A week later, he was captured at Assunpink Creek under questionable circumstances. He apparently defected to the British and George Washington had him watched after he was sent home on parole. He was stricken from the Continental Army in March 1777. Evidence suggests that he was in contact with the British during
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  • 1756(xsd:integer)
  • 1776(xsd:integer)
  • 1777(xsd:integer)
  • ?–1756
Birth Date
  • 1729(xsd:integer)
Branch
  • Infantry
death place
  • unknown
Name
  • Nicholas Haussegger
Birth Place
  • Bern, Switzerland
death date
  • July 1786
Rank
  • Colonel
Allegiance
  • United States
  • Great Britain
  • Dutch Republic
Battles
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  • Nicholas Haussegger (1729 – July 1786) was born in Switzerland and fought in the British army during the French and Indian War. After the war he became a leader in the Pennsylvania German community. At the beginning of the American Revolutionary War he joined the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion as a field officer. He was placed in command of the German Battalion, a unit of ethnic Germans from Pennsylvania and Maryland. He led his battalion effectively at Trenton in late December 1776. A week later, he was captured at Assunpink Creek under questionable circumstances. He apparently defected to the British and George Washington had him watched after he was sent home on parole. He was stricken from the Continental Army in March 1777. Evidence suggests that he was in contact with the British during the war. In 1782 he was declared a traitor and his property forfeited. He died in July 1786.
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