Friedrich Baum
Friedrich Baum (1727–1777) was a German dragoon Lieutenant Colonel of Brunswick in British service during the American Revolutionary War. Baum served under another German officer, Major General Friedrich Adolf Riedesel, commanding the Dragoon Regiment "Prinz Ludwig" of the Braunschweiger Jäger (lit. 'Brunswick Hunters') in support of General John Burgoyne's 1777 campaign to attack the Lake Champlain-Hudson River corridor, which ended in Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, New York on October 15, 1777.
Friedrich Baum | |
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| Born | 1727 |
| Died | 1777 Walloomsac, New York |
| Allegiance | Brunswick |
| Service/ | Cavalry of the Brunswick Troops in North America |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Commands held | Dragoon Regiment "Prinz Ludwig" |
| Battles/wars | Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War
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