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The RoLD (1798) was formed on July 16, 1798, at the peak of the XYZ Affair and the upcoming Quasi-war with France.. The RoLD (1808) was established on April 12, 1808, following the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, when an Act of Congress passed legislation authorizing an increase in the size of the U.S. Army, to include a regiment of dragoons.
The 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons was a unit of the U.S. Army in the early nineteenth century. It was first activated in 1812. The regiment was consolidated with the 1st Regiment of Light Dragoons on May 12, 1814, forming the Regiment of Light Dragoons.
Prior to the War of 1812, the U.S. organized the Regiment of Light Dragoons. For the war, a second regiment was activated; that regiment was consolidated with the original regiment in 1814. The original regiment was consolidated with the Corps of Artillery in June 1815. [27] The United States Dragoons was organized by an Act of Congress ...
Mississippi Dragoons: Maj Thomas Hinds [18] Detachment, 1st U.S. Dragoons: Ogden (Ogden was not a Dragoon officer and there were no US Dragoons at this battle. Ogden was a New Orleans resident that led a group of mounted local guides. Also missing from the order of battle by Pickles are the Feliciana Dragoons.
In 1808 the Regiment of Light Dragoons was formed and in 1812 another regiment (2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons) was raised. Units of both regiments of dragoons served during the War of 1812 in engagements at the Battle of the Mississinewa; the Battle of Lundy's Lane; Fort Erie and the Siege of Fort Meigs. The 1st Regiment and 2nd Regiment were ...
5th Dragoon Guards: Col William Ponsonby; 3rd Dragoons; 4th Dragoons: Col Lord Edward Somerset; G. Anson's Brigade Maj Gen George Anson. 11th Light Dragoons; 12th (Prince of Wales's) Light Dragoons; 16th (Queen's) Light Dragoons; von Alten's Brigade Maj Gen Victor von Alten (w) 14th Light Dragoons: Lt Col Hervey; 1st Hussars, King's German ...
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen W. Kearny was second in command of the Dragoons and later died in the Mexican–American War Nathan Boone the youngest son of Daniel Boone was on the expedition and served with Henry Dodge in the War of 1812 First Lieutenant Jefferson Davis was in command of Dragoon company F who later became the President of the ...
On 25 April 1779 warrants were issued to raise three regiments of light dragoons, the 19th, 20th and 21st, to address potential French aggression during the American Revolutionary War. The 19th was made up of drafts from the 1st and 2nd Dragoon Guards and the 4th and 10th Dragoons. The 19th did not see overseas service and was disbanded in June ...