2nd Light Dragoon Regiment
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2nd Light Dragoon Regiment
History
Organized December 1777 and January 1778 at Wethersfield, CT and Middlebrook, NJ, 4 Troops CT, Troop MA, and 1 Troop from NJ.
Entered Valley Forge with 140 assigned 135 fit for duty.
Left Valley Forge same month.
Previous engagements: Northern New Jersey, Defense of Philadelphia
Field Officers
- Colonel Elisha Sheldon
- Lt. Colonel Samuel Blogden
- Major Benjamin Talmadge
Company Commanders
- Captain Epnphras Bull
- Captain Nathaniel Crafts
- Captain Thomas Y. Seymour
- Captain John Shethar
- Captain John Webb
Regimental Staff
- Quartermaster Benjamin Woodruff
- Quartermaster Horace Seymore
- Paymaster William Stanton
- Surgeon’s Mate Joseph Loring
- Surgeon’s Mate David Mumford
