Light Horse Harry Lee's 5th Troop 1777-1781

The 5th Troop, Virginia Light Horse, was raised in 1776 by "Light Horse Harry" Lee. It contained 30 troopers and joined Washington in New Jersey in October, 1776. This elite unit had a glorious record in the Northern theater of the war. It served for a time as Washington's body guard, and was intimately involved at Paulus Hooke, Brandywine and Stoney Point. In 1780 it became Lee's Partisan Legion and served throughout the South with great distinction particularly at Guilford Courthouse, NC.

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