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Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg | |
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 Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg | |
| Born | 20 April 1720 Lütetsburg |
| Died | 25 June 1800 (aged 80) Rinteln |
| Allegiance |  Prussia  Hesse-Kassel |
| Commands | Hessian mercenaries |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War |
Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg (20 April 1720 – 25 June 1800) was a Hessian Lieutenant General fighting with the British-allied German contingents in the American Revolutionary War. He was sent to America in 1776 as a colonel commanding the First Brigade of the Second Hessian Division under Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen.[1] Von Knyphausen in turn was second in command under General Leopold Philip de Heister.
During the course of the war, in 1777, disagreements between General Sir William Howe and Heister led to the latter's recall, and Von Knyphausen replaced him.[2] In May 1782, after the British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781, Von Lossberg replaced Von Knyphausen as the last commander of the Hessian troops in North America.
- ^ The German Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence 1776-1783 JG Rosengarten P.270
- ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.