Connecticut's Revolutionary cavalry, Sheldon's Horse

Description:

The Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut authorized several scholars to write monograms on the broadly defined Revolutionary Era of 1763 to 1787. "Emphasis was to be placed on the birth of the nation rather than on the winning of independence on the field of battle". To this effort Hayes has compiled through official records and writings a most intriguing picture of military life and the struggle to win mixed with Washington's Spy efforts and the betrayal by Benedict Arnold. A fast moving series of events about the war that makes you wonder how we ever won the war but makes you appreciate what they went thru and sacrificed to win.

subjects: History,  Regimental histories,  United States,  United States. Continental Army. Light Dragoons Regiment, 2nd,  Continental Army,  2nd Light Dragoons,  United States. Continental Army. 2nd Light Dragoons

People: Elisha Sheldon (1740-1805),  Benjamin Tallmadge,  Benedict Arnold,  John Andr'e,  George Washington and many other American and British Officers.

Places: United States,  All the northern battlefields of the Revolutionary War,  New York,  Philadelphia,  New Jersey,  Long Island,  Valley Forge etc.

Times: Revolution, 1775-1783