4th Continental Light Dragoons

4th Continental Light Dragoons 4th Legionary Corps
Active	1777-1783
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Dragoon
Size	regiment of six troops 116 men in 1781
Part of	Continental Army
Nickname(s)	Moylan's Horse
Colors	scarlet coats faced with blue (1777) green coats faced red (1778) blue coats faced red (1782)
Engagements	Battle of Norwalk, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Guilford Court House, Battle of Yorktown.

Philadelphia campaign 1777–1778
Bound Brook Short Hills Staten Island Cooch's Bridge Brandywine Clouds Paoli Germantown Red Bank Fort Mifflin Gloucester White Marsh Matson's Ford Valley Forge Conway Cabal Quinton's Bridge Crooked Billet Barren Hill Carlisle Peace Commission Monmouth

Southern theater, 1780–1783
Camden – Kings Mountain – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown

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The 4th Continental Light Dragoons also known as Moylan's Horse was raised on January 5, 1777, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for service with the Continental Army under Colonel Stephen Moylan. The regiment entered the history books by taking the field in captured British scarlet coats as noted in a letter from General George Washington to Colonel Moylan dated May 12, 1777, in which Moylan was directed to have his uniforms dyed to avoid confusion with British dragoons. The regiment changed to green coats faced in red during the summer of 1778, with Tarleton helmets (black leather helmets in the style associated with Banastre Tarleton).

The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown in their scarlet uniforms, and the Battle of Guilford Court House and the Battle of Yorktown in their more familiar green coats. The regiment was furloughed June 11, 1783, at Philadelphia and disbanded on November 15, 1783.

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Bibliography of Continental Army Dragoons compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History

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