Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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.
Late medieval gothic plate armour with list of elements. The slot in the helmet is called an occularium. This list identifies various pieces of body armour worn from the medieval to early modern period in the Western world, mostly plate but some mail armour, arranged by the part of body that is protected and roughly by date.
The Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade became famous for the Battle of Beersheba in 1917 where they charged on horseback using rifle bayonets in hand, since neither sabres nor lances were part of their equipment. Later in the Palestine campaign Pattern 1908 cavalry swords were issued and used in the campaign leading to the fall of Damascus.
In 1781 the legion was consolidated with Capt. Henry Bedkin's Troop of Light Horse, and was reorganized and renamed the 1st Partisan Corps. [1] The legion would see action at the Battle of Camden, Battle of Guilford Court House and the Siege of Yorktown. Armand had left the legion just after the Battle of Camden for France to gain fresh funds ...
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
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 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 ]