Friedrich August Valentin Voit von Salzburg

Friedrich August Valentin Voit von Salzburg was a commander of military units from Ansbach-Bayreuth. During the American Revolutionary War, the Kingdom of Great Britain purchased the services of soldiers from various German princes. Voit commanded the First Regiment of the Ansbach Regiment led by Friedrich Ludwig Albrecht von Eyb, designated the Voit Regiment. In May 1778, Eyb left and Voit took charge of the regiment. Also, he was in command of all Ansbach troops in North America by the time the war had ended.[1]

Friedrich August Valentin Voit of Salzburg (1734-1798), the Bavarian Army Museum in Ingolstadt

References

Döhla, Johann Conrad, 1750-1820. (1990). A Hessian diary of the American Revolution. Waldenfels, W. (Wilhelm), Freiherr von, 1853- (1st ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0585145504. OCLC 44961155.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] Döhla, Johann Conrad, 1750-1820. (1990). A Hessian diary of the American Revolution. Waldenfels, W. (Wilhelm), Freiherr von, 1853- (1st ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0585145504. OCLC 44961155.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)