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4th Continental Light Dragoons 4th Legionary Corps; Active: 1777-1783: Allegiance: Continental Congress of the United States: Type: Dragoon: Size: regiment of six troops 116 men in 1781: Part of: Continental Army: Nickname(s) Moylan's Horse: Colors: scarlet coats faced with blue (1777) green coats faced red (1778) blue coats faced red (1782 ...
Stephen Moylan (1737 – April 11, 1811) was an Irish-American patriot leader during the American Revolutionary War.He had several positions in the Continental Army, including Muster-Master General, Secretary and Aide to General George Washington, 2nd Quartermaster General, Commander of the Fourth Continental Light Dragoons, and Commander of the Cavalry of the Continental Army.
The Continental Corps of Light Dragoons was created in 1777 as an element of the third establishment of the Continental Army, raised for the duration of the war as reconnaissance and scouting troops. It consisted of four regiments, each authorized to raise six troops and 280 men.
The Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade which took part in the cavalry charge in the Battle of Beersheba (1917) during World War I are labelled as mounted infantry brigade in popular media; however, they were in fact mounted rifles as were the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade which also took part in this battle. Mounted rifles regiments lack ...
2nd Continental Artillery Regiment (9 companies), Colonel John Lamb; 4th Continental Artillery Regiment (3 companies), Captains Patrick Duffy, William Ferguson, and James Smith; Sappers and Miners (4 companies) Light Division, under Major General Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette
2nd Continental Light Dragoons; 2nd Regiment of Dragoons (King's German Legion) 3rd Continental Light Dragoons; 3rd Dragoons; 4th Continental Light Dragoons; North Carolina Light Dragoons Regiment; 4th Dragoons; 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons; 25th (1st Württemberg) Dragoons "Queen Olga" 25th Dragoons; 26th (2nd Württemberg) Dragoons "King"
The aurora borealis, a natural light display in Earth's sky famously best seen near our planet's poles, spent 2024 cropping up in a wider swath of the northern hemisphere.
The original unit was raised June 8, 1776, at Williamsburg, Virginia, under the command of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee for service with the 1st Continental Light Dragoons of the Continental Army. On April 7, 1778, the Legion left the 1st CLDs and became known as Lee's Legion. [ 1 ]