Cavalry of the American Revolution

Cavalry of the American Revolution

Yardley, PA : Westholme, 2012.

xvii, 284 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

973.34 C376 2012

(OCoLC)769990644

Includes the development of the Continental Army's cavalry arm, European influences on American cavalry training and tactics, accounts of several important cavalry raids and battles, and histories of mounted units such as the Continental Light Dragoons, American rangers in the South Carolina backcountry, and the British army's Queen's Rangers & "Black Dragoons," the latter force composed entirely of former slaves.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-265) and index.
Contents: The Continental Light Dragoons, 1776-1783 / Gregory J. W. Urwin -- European influences on Continental Cavalry / Lee F. McGee -- Cavalry action at Poundridge, New York / John M. Hutchins -- Cavalry battles in New York and New Jersey / Donald J. Gara -- Anthony Walton White, a revolutionary dragoon / Scott A. Miskimon -- South Carolinas backcountry rangers in the American Revolution / Michael C. Scoggins -- Continentals in Tarleton's British legion / Lawrence E. Babits & Joshua B. Howard -- Cavalry operations at Eutaw Springs: a novelist's view / Charles F. Price -- The "Black Dragoons" / Jim Piecuch.
L2012M116

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