2026 Lecture Series: Ranger Jason Baum, "Barbarous Strangers: The Regiment Von Bose"

Name: 2026 Lecture Series: Ranger Jason Baum, "Barbarous Strangers: The Regiment Von Bose"
Start: 2026-03-21T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-21T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 2332 New Garden Rd, Greensboro, NC 27410

Schedule

Sat Mar 21 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

2332 New Garden Rd, Greensboro, NC 27410 | Greensboro, NC

Using the Regiment Von Bose as tour guides, Ranger Baum will explore the Hessian experience during the American War of Independence. He will cover why the British used the Hessians in the war and also explain why Hesse Kassel was a "mercenary state". After exploring what kind of society these men were coming from, his talk will then focus on what the experience was like for men who crossed the Atlantic and spent over 7 years at war. He will also examine the Hessian experience of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and what happened to the Regiment Von Bose after they left North Carolina. Overall, it will be shown that these soldiers were not "barbarous strangers" as Mercy Warren called them, but professional soldiers not too different from their Continental and Redcoat peers.
Jason Baum is an Interpretive Park Ranger and has worked at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park since 2015. He earned a bachelor's in history from Ohio University in 2009. He served as an Intelligence Officer in the US Army from 2010 to 2014. During his time with the Park Service, he has subsequently earned a master's in museum studies from UNCG in 2016, and a Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Film from Wake Forest University in 2024.