Friedrich August Valentin Voit von Salzburg was a commander of Ansbach-Bayreuth. During the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

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, the Kingdom of Great Britain

Kingdom of Great Britain

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 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

Friedrich Ludwig Albrecht von Eyb

Friederich Ludwig Albrecht von Eyb was a military commander of Ansbach-Bayreuth. In 1776, when the American Revolutionary War broke out, the Kingdom of Great Britain appealed to various German princes for troops in return for payment. Von Eyb commanded the Bayreuth regiment from 1776 to May 1778,...

, 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

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by the time the war had ended.