Active 1778-1782 Allegiance British Army | Country Great Britain | |
Branch British provincial unit later, merged with British Legion (auxiliary troops) Type dragoons (mounted infantry) Role cavalry, maneuver warfare, light infantry | ||
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.
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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.
References
Bucks County Dragoons Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA