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3rd Regiment of Dragoons may refer to: 3rd Dragoon Guards; 3rd The King's Own Hussars, formerly known as 3rd (The King's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons; 3rd Dragoon Regiment (France) 3rd Continental Light Dragoons; 3rd U.S. Dragoons
The 3rd U.S. Regiment of Dragoons was a United States Army Dragoon regiment raised for one year of service in the Mexican–American War, by Congress on February 11, 1847. [1] It was led by Colonel Edward G. W. Butler , who was appointed from Louisiana .
The 3rd Continental Light Dragoons (CLD), also known as Baylor's Horse or Lady Washington's Horse, was a mounted regiment of the Continental Army raised on January 1, 1777, at Morristown, New Jersey. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Guilford Court House .
A private of the 3rd Dragoon Guards (David Morier, 1750)The regiment was first raised by Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth as the Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Horse in 1685 as part of the response to the Monmouth Rebellion, by the regimenting of various independent troops, and was ranked as the 4th Regiment of Horse. [2]
5th Dragoon Regiment (1679–1932), merged with 3rd Dragoon Regiment in 1932 to form the Jutland Dragoon Regiment; 6th Dragoon Regiment (1670–1865), merged into 3rd Dragoon Regiment; 3rd Zealand National Mounted Regiment (1675–1721) [14] Holstein's Lancers Regiment (1700–1842) [14] Royal Horse Guards (1661–1866) [15] Oldenburg ...
Pages in category "Dragoon regiments of the United States Army" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
As a Lieutenant Colonel, he commanded the South Carolina 3rd Regiment of State Dragoons from October 1781, which was originally Maham's Light Dragoons since March 1781. He became ill in 1782 and was arrested by the British but paroled. He died in 1789 and was buried at the Maham Plantation Cemetery in Berkeley County, South Carolina. [2]
The regiment was formed in 1922 as part of a reduction in the army's cavalry by the amalgamation of the 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) and the Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards), to form the 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards. [2] Both regiments were based in India at the time of their amalgamation; the newly formed regiment departed in 1925 for Britain.