A group of soldiers or villagers attack him and after he's hurt badly they take his own sword and cut off his head.
He was a Hessian mercenary in the Revolutionary war, and he was decapitated in battle.
The protagonist in the story of Sleepy Hollow is Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher. The antagonist is typically considered to be the Headless Horseman, a ghostly figure who haunts Sleepy Hollow.
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It is about a constable by the name of Ichabod Crane sent to investigate 3 murders. All of the victims found decapitated, but only their bodies, the heads were not found. Many people in Sleepy Hollow believe it is the Headless Horseman, but Ichabod will not believe in such nonsense, until he witnesses one of the murders himself. He must find out why the Headless Horseman is doing before he can stop it.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Odd Bodkins aka the Headless Horseman
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In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the headless horseman is a ghost seeking revenge for losing his head during a battle. It is implied that the horseman mistook Ichabod Crane for his enemy Brom Bones, leading to his demise.
Sleepy Hollow is a fictional town in upstate New York, in the story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, written by Washington Irving. The Headless Horseman was one of the forerunners of modern horror stories ever published.