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This article purports to be about the character from the novel. If all other media references were removed, presumably because they are covered in other articles listed on the disambiguation page, then there wouldn't be much left that isn't already covered by The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.-- otherlleft ( talk) 15:24, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
In the background section I believe the the historical detail, as presented by Washington Irving in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is stretched by saying that the Hessian was one of 55 killed at the battle of Chatterton, by an American cannon ball. It's a minor point but important if talking about the book from which that passage comes from. In the story the description is vague about his origins and the identity of the cannon ball that decapitated him. There is even some ambiguity over whether he truly is a Hessian soldier: "It is said by some to be the ghost of Hessian trooper whose head had been carried away by a cannon ball in some nameless battle of the Revolutionary War..." Later on it says that historians "...allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the church yard, the ghost rides forward to the scene of battle in a nightly quest of his head...". Hessian soldiers fought in many battles along the Hudson River. It is possible Irving had this specific battle in mind when writing the book but there should be a verifiable citation to back it up. I don't know of any and am concerned that this bit of detail was not connected to Irving's inspirations or motives for the story. Ianulimac ( talk) 02:19, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
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This article purports to be about the character from the novel. If all other media references were removed, presumably because they are covered in other articles listed on the disambiguation page, then there wouldn't be much left that isn't already covered by The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.-- otherlleft ( talk) 15:24, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
In the background section I believe the the historical detail, as presented by Washington Irving in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is stretched by saying that the Hessian was one of 55 killed at the battle of Chatterton, by an American cannon ball. It's a minor point but important if talking about the book from which that passage comes from. In the story the description is vague about his origins and the identity of the cannon ball that decapitated him. There is even some ambiguity over whether he truly is a Hessian soldier: "It is said by some to be the ghost of Hessian trooper whose head had been carried away by a cannon ball in some nameless battle of the Revolutionary War..." Later on it says that historians "...allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the church yard, the ghost rides forward to the scene of battle in a nightly quest of his head...". Hessian soldiers fought in many battles along the Hudson River. It is possible Irving had this specific battle in mind when writing the book but there should be a verifiable citation to back it up. I don't know of any and am concerned that this bit of detail was not connected to Irving's inspirations or motives for the story. Ianulimac ( talk) 02:19, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
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