Donop was the senior officer present in southern New Jersey in late 1776, and commanded the garrisons in Trenton, Burlington, and Bordentown, which consisted of several Hessian battalions, the Forty-second Highland Regiment (commanded by Colonel Stirling), and Jäger detachments.
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The son of a noble family of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), Donop was well connected in the European courts and served as personal adjutant to the Landgraf of Hesse-Kassel.
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On December 22, 1776, Colonial militia under the command of Colonel Samuel Griffin attacked von Donop's southern outposts at Slabtown.
Carl von Donop (1732–1777), Hessian soldier who died during the American Revolutionary War
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