Bucks County Dragoons
Bucks County Dragoons | |
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Active | 1778-1782 |
Country |
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Allegiance |
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Branch | British provincial unit later, merged with British Legion (auxiliary troops) |
Type | dragoons (mounted infantry) |
Role | cavalry, maneuver warfare, light infantry |
Size | ? |
Nickname(s) | Bucks County Light Dragoons |
Engagements |
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Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton General Lord Cornwallis Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton |
The Bucks County Dragoons, also known as the Bucks County Light Dragoons, were a British provincial, military unit raised for Loyalist service during the American Revolutionary War.
Dragoons formed
The "Bucks County Dragoons" were raised in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, in February, 1778.
Campaigns
The unit returned with the British Army to New York in 1778. The Dragoons were attached to John Simcoe's Queen's Rangers for the 1779 Campaign, also known as the Clinton-Sullivan Expedition, and later attached to Banastre Tarleton's British Legion, under Lord Cornwallis, in the 1780–1782 Carolinas Campaign.
Merged into British Legion
The Bucks County Dragoons were permanently merged into the British Legion in 1782.
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