Members of the British Cavalry at the Battle of Monmouth
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2024-09-16
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Britain had no heavy cavalry during the American Revolution. It did, however, have The British Legion.
The British Legion was an elite British provincial regiment composed of Loyalist American troops which was organized as infantry and cavalry, plus a detachment from the 16th Light Dragoons.
The unit was commonly known as Tarleton's Legion, after the British officer who led it on campaigns.
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton was portrayed in the Movie "The Patriot".
The two regiments of British light dragoons serving in America, the 16th and 17th, arrived in America wearing red coats and crested leather helmets. As the war progressed the light dragoons abandoned their red coats for green.
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British Cavalry, The American Revolution, American History, History, U.S. History. The American Revolution, General George Washington, The Continental Army, Monmouth County, New Jersey in The American Revolution, Freehold Township, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, U.S. National Historic Landmark District, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, Monmouth Battlefield Historic District, The Jersey Shore, The Shore, Jersey Shore, NJ Shore, New Jersey Shore, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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