King's American Dragoons
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The King's American Dragoon's was a British provincial military unit raised for service during the American Revolutionary War
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Founded by Benjamin Thompson (later Count Rumford) in 1781, it was initially formed from the remnants of other loyalist militia groups. They primarily served on Long Island in 1782 and early 1783, where they earned local notoriety for destroying a local church and burial ground in order to erect a fort
in Huntington, New York. They were evacuated from New York and resettled in St. John, New Brunswick, in July 1783.
The unit was disbanded in St, John in October 1783.
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
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Founded by Benjamin Thompson (later Count Rumford) in 1781, it was initially formed from the remnants of other loyalist militia groups. They primarily served on Long Island in 1782 and early 1783, where they earned local notoriety for destroying a local church and burial ground in order to erect a fort
Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery
Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery is the site of an historic cemetery, and the location of a former Revolutionary War era fort, known as Fort Golgotha, at Main Street and Nassau Road in Huntington, New York...
in Huntington, New York. They were evacuated from New York and resettled in St. John, New Brunswick, in July 1783.
The unit was disbanded in St, John in October 1783.