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  2. Dragoon - Wikipedia

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    The success of this new class of cavalry was such that another eight dragoon regiments were converted between 1768 and 1783. [17] When this reorganisation was completed in 1788, the cavalry arm consisted of regular dragoons and seven units of dragoon guards. The designation of dragoon guards did not mean that these regiments (the former 2nd to ...

  3. U.S. Cavalry Store - Wikipedia

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    The company made its money through managed accounts, retail stores, mail order catalogs and the product website. The company was founded in 1973 by Randy Acton. U.S. Cavalry filed for bankruptcy in 2013 and was purchased by Aegis Brand Group, a privately owned facilities services company headquartered in Tennessee. [1]

  4. Mounted infantry - Wikipedia

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    However, usage altered over time and during the 18th century, dragoons evolved into conventional light cavalry units and personnel. Dragoon regiments were established in most European armies during the late 17th century and early 18th century. The name is possibly derived from a type of firearm (called a dragon) carried by dragoons of the ...

  5. 1st Cavalry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    With the outbreak of the Civil War and the War Department's wanting to re-designate all mounted regiments as cavalry and to renumber them in order of seniority., the First Dragoons became the "First Regiment of Cavalry" by an Act of Congress on 3 August 1861 (the existing First Cavalry Regiment (formed in 1855) was the fourth oldest mounted ...

  6. List of Regiments of Cavalry of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    The designation "dragoon guards" was introduced in 1746 to recognise the importance of some of the most senior regiments, who rode large strong horses, without actually increasing their pay. [3] The more junior regiments, who rode lighter horses, were designated " dragoons " at that time, although some of them were subsequently re-designated ...

  7. Regiment of Light Dragoons (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The RoLD (1798) was formed on July 16, 1798, at the peak of the XYZ Affair and the upcoming Quasi-war with France.. The RoLD (1808) was established on April 12, 1808, following the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, when an Act of Congress passed legislation authorizing an increase in the size of the U.S. Army, to include a regiment of dragoons.

  8. New Order Regiments - Wikipedia

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    Six regiments of infantry (soldaty), a regiment of heavy cavalry pistoleers ("reitary"), and a regiment of dragoons (draguny) were formed from Muscovite peasant militiamen, Cossacks, service class cavalrymen and free volunteers from various social categories. Unlike traditional formation troops, the new regiments were outfitted and salaried at ...

  9. 1st Continental Light Dragoons - Wikipedia

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    1778 Roster of Continental Light Dragoons. Each troop consisted of 32 privates, 1 armorer, 1 farrier, 1 trumpeter, 4 corporals, 1 quartermaster sergeant, a drill or an orderly sergeant, a cornet, a lieutenant, and a captain—a total of 280 men and officers. Whether any of the four regiments of Dragoons was ever at full strength is uncertain.