German officer who serves in the Seven Years' War and American War of Independence
1738 CE
to 1800 CE
Friedrich Adolf Riedesel, Freiherr zu Eisenbach (June 3, 1738 in Lauterbach, Hesse – January 6, 1800 in Braunschweig) is a German officer who serves in the Seven Years' War and American War of Independence.
He is the commander of the Braunschweiger Jäger, a regiment of soldiers from the Duchy of Brunswick (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) among the German units hired by the British during the American War of Independence, and commands all German soldiers in the Saratoga Campaign.