Continental Light Dragoons

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Continental_Light_Dragoons

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:armament	gptkb:Saber gptkb:weapons
gptkbp:command_structure	officer-led
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1783
gptkbp:disbandment_date	end of war
gptkbp:engagements	gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Ninety_Six gptkb:Battle_of_Yorktown gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown gptkb:Battle_of_Stony_Point gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown gptkb:Battle_of_Lexington_and_Concord gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Washington gptkb:Battle_of_Bunker_Hill gptkb:Battle_of_Savannah gptkb:Battle_of_Princeton gptkb:Battle_of_Chesapeake_Bay gptkb:Battle_of_Cowpens gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Clinton gptkb:Battle_of_King's_Mountain gptkb:Battle_of_Monmouth gptkb:Battle_of_Tretton Battle of Concord.
gptkbp:formed	gptkb:1776
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:historical_period	gptkb:18th_century
gptkbp:historical_significance	first American cavalry unit
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Continental Light Dragoons
gptkbp:is_active_in	gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:is_organized_by	regimental structure
gptkbp:legacy	influenced future cavalry units
gptkbp:motto	nan
gptkbp:nickname	nan
gptkbp:notable_battle	gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine gptkb:Battle_of_Eutaw_Springs
gptkbp:notable_commanders	gptkb:Henry_Lee_III
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkbp:recruited_from	various states
gptkbp:role	gptkb:Cavalry
gptkbp:size	gptkb:Regiment
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:U._S._Cavalry
gptkbp:tactics	hit-and-run
gptkbp:training	military drills
gptkbp:type	light cavalry
gptkbp:uniform	blue coat with white facings
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:the_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4