dragoons

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On this date in 1848, the First Dragoons reached Tucson en route to California.

From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2020

A 21-year-old Stevens would later enlist in the elite Dragoons cavalry, which took him to Pennsylvania and Missouri.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2018

On Sunday, re-enactors will portray the Sheldon’s Horse, Second Continental Light Dragoons, a cavalry unit whose members were Washington’s personal bodyguards.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2015

The duchess has a direct connection with the new monument as her great-great-great-grandfather, John Whitehill Parson, fought at Waterloo while serving with the 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2015

Why, he was a gentleman, an officer of the King's Dragoons, a knight!

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare