Last Minute Instructions for the Reenactment
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On 12 December 1776, Congress converted Elisha Sheldon's militia regiment into the Regiment of Light Dragoons. In March 1777, Washington established the Corps of Continental Light Dragoons consisting of four regiments of six troops and 280 men each. Many problems faced the light dragoon regiments, including the inability of recruiting to bring the units to authorized strength, shortage of suitable cavalry weapons and horses, and lack of uniformity among troopers in dress and discipline. Congress appointed the Polish revolutionary and professional soldier Count Casimir Pulaski to train them as an offensive strike force during winter quarters of 1777�78 at Trenton, New Jersey.
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The 3rd Conintental Light Dagoons, Drilling and Marching, Encampment at Jockey Hollow, Revolutionary War Reenactments, Revolutionary War Encampment, Jockey Hollow, Winter Emcampment, Continental Army, Morristown National Historical Park, Historic Morristown, National Historical Park, The American Revolution, American History, US History, George Washington, Winter Encampment, History, Morristown, The Ford Mansion, Morris County, The American Revolution in New Jersey, The Skylands, Lakeland, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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