1st Continental Light Dragoons

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1st Continental Light Dragoons


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allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type=Dragoon
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dates=1775-1783
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command_structure=Continental Army
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nickname=Bland's Horse
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battles=Battle of Brandywine,
Battle of Germantown,
Battle of Guilford Court House.
notable_commanders=Colonel Theodorick Bland
Colonel Anthony Walton White.
anniversaries=Campaign
name=Southern theater, 1775–1783
battles=Williamsburg – Great Bridge – Moore's Creek Bridge – Rice Boats – Alligator Bridge – Beaufort – Kettle Creek – Briar Creek – Stono Ferry – Savannah – Charleston – Camden – Kings Mountain – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown

The 1st Continental Light Dragoons also known as Bland's Horse was organized between 13 June and 10 September, 1776 in Williamsburg, Virginia from eastern and northern Virginia for service with the Continental Army. It was authorized 8 June 1776 in the Virginia State Troops as the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th(Captain Henry Lee) and 6th Troops of Light Horse. On 25 June 1776 it was redesignated as the Virginia Light Horse. It was adopted and then assigned to the main Continental Army and redesignated as the 1st Continental Light Dragoon on 25 November 1776. On 7 April 1778 Lee's Troop was replaced by Captain Addison Lewis's troop. Lee's Troop then formed the 2d Partisan Corps or better known as Lee's Legion. The 1st Continental Light Dragoons was re-assigned to the Southern Department on 8 November 1778. The unit was re-organized on 1 January 1781 comprising of four mounted and two dismounted troops and was then redesignated as the 1st Legionary Corps. On 2 November 1782 the unit was consolidated with the 3d Continental Light Dragoon Regiment maintaining five troops. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Guilford Court House. The regiment was disbanded on November 15, 1783 at Winchester, Virginia.

References

*cite book | last=Wright | first=Richard K. | authorlink= | coauthors= | editor= | others= | title=The Continental Army | origdate= | origyear=1983 | origmonth= | url=http://www.army.mil/cmh/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm | format=HTML | accessdate=2006-05-24| accessyear=2006 | accessmonth=May | edition= | date= | year= | month= | publisher=Center of Military Hisory | location= | language= | id= | pages= | chapter= | chapterurl=

External links

*cite web | title=The Revolutionary War American Units| url=http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/states/cl-mt/mt-01.htm | accessdate=May 24 | accessyear=2006