| Author | : Burt Garfield Loescher |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Sons of Privilege
| Author | : W. Eric Emerson |
| Publisher | : Univ of South Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781570035920 |
W. Eric Emerson traces the wartime experiences of the Charleston Light Dragoons--a unique Confederate cavalry company drawn together from South Carolina's most prestigious families of planters, merchants, and politicos--and examines the military exploits of this "company of gentlemen" to find that the elite status of its membership dictated the terms of service
Dragoon Diary
| Author | : C.F. William Maurer |
| Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
| Total Pages | : 576 |
| Release | : 2005-06-14 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1420831461 |
The Bergen Record reported that the remains of a Revolutionary War cavalry unit were unearthed in River Vale, NJ. This was the Third Continental Light Dragoons, nicknamed, Mrs. Washingtons Body Guard. The accompanying text read provided bayonet practice for the British in Old Tappan, NY. This has come down to us as the Baylor Massacre of September 28, 1778. Who were the officers and men of the Third Dragoons? Did they play more of a part in the American Revolution than provide bayonet practice? How did, and how could, a massacre take place? A military unit must have a history. Was the massacre the end of the dragoons? What was a Virginia unit doing in Bergen County, New Jersey in the first place? How could a cavalry unit be so surprised and then massacred with almost no shots fired in return? This is not a conventional history, in that there is little attempt to re-write history. History writes itself from letters, diaries, public records and newsprint.
Patriots
| Author | : Sandra Chen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 494 |
| Release | : 2018-08-24 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781717873262 |
Patriots is Benjamin Tallmadge's war story, told through his eyes. A determined officer who would not give up on the cause for American independence. A man besieged by betrayal and heart-breaking loss. A spymaster whose ingenuity for doing the impossible earned him Washington's trust. But this is not only Tallmadge's story to tell. His story is shared with his fellow brothers-in-arms, the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons. Conceived to be mounted infantry in lightning quick attacks, they embodied what it meant to be a dragoon in the American Revolution; fearlessly charging the enemy both mounted, dismounted, and even afloat. This is their story.
Gallantry and Discipline
| Author | : Andrew Bamford |
| Publisher | : Frontline Books |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2014-10-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1848327439 |
The 12th Light Dragoons served throughout Wellington's campaigns in the Peninsula, most notably at the Battle of Salamanca in 1812, and later at Waterloo where they suffered heavy casualties supporting the Union Brigade's famous charge. The principal source for this book are the papers of Sir James Steaurt _ Colonel of the regiment for almost all of the period in question _ supplemented by other regimental records, Horse Guards paperwork, and letters and memoirs, allowing both an official understanding of events, and several threads of human interest which develop through the narrative.??The book is divided into two halves, first providing an overview of the regiment and the role of Steuart as Colonel, before moving onto an account of the regiment on home service during the early years of the Napoleonic Wars and then on active service in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. This concludes with a discussion of the lessons learnt during the war, as particularly exemplified by the 12th being one of the regiments selected for conversion to lancers in the aftermath of Waterloo.
Baylor's Regiment
| Author | : Christine L. Langner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2015-05-12 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780788456244 |
The United States Cavalry
| Author | : Gregory J. W. Urwin |
| Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780806134758 |
With color and verve, Gregory J. W. Urwin presents the history of the mounted forces of the United States. He combines combat reports, personality profiles, and political and social overviews to present a complete picture of a bygone era extending from the Revolutionary War well into the twentieth century. For more than a century, the U.S. Cavalry played a prominent role in American military conflicts, serving as both a frontier police force and as a major combat arm in the republic's conventional wars. Urwin begins his story in New York City in 1776 with the Continental Light Dragoons and continues it through the days of the "pony soldiers" of the western plains, including detailed coverage of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment. Urwin concludes with descriptions of General John J. Pershing's 1916 Punitive Expedition into Mexico and the exploits of the 26th U.S. Cavalry, the only United States mounted outfit to see combat in World War II, during the defense of the Philippines in 1941-42.
Lists and Indexes
| Author | : Great Britain. Public Record Office |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 546 |
| Release | : 1963 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : |
