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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. [2]
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A force of British soldiers under the command of Major-General Charles Grey carried a successful surprise attack against the 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons under the command of Colonel George Baylor near present-day River Vale, New Jersey. 15 Continental Army soldiers were killed while a further 54 were wounded or captured by the ...
Regiment of Texas Rifle Volunteers, May, June and July, and discharged August 1846. Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston (former Adjutant U.S. 6th Infantry and Adjutant General of Texas.) [46] Regiment of Texas Mounted Volunteers, for 6 months (7 companies), for frontier defense; July, and discharged September 1846. Colonel William C. Young [47]
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]
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]
He was later appointed to lead the 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons, which often acted as the escort for Martha Washington. While commanding his Dragoons in September 1778, his forces were attacked on the night of the 28th as they slept in local homes and barns on Overkill Road in what is now River Vale, New Jersey.
Hill's Regiment of Light Dragoons April 1781 1782 No William Hill, Col [43] Hammond's Regiment of Light Dragoons September 1781 1782 No Samuel Hammond, Col [54] 3rd Regiment of State Dragoons October 1781 1783 No Hezekiah Maham, LTC [77] 4th Regiment of State Dragoons October 1781 1782 No Peter Horry, LTC [50]