Lee's Legion

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Lee's Legion was a famed mixed corps of light cavalry and infantry in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, renowned for its swift raids and partisan tactics in the Southern Campaign under the command of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee.

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Lee's Legion canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Continental Army unit
light corps
military unit
activeDuring American Revolutionary War
allegiance Continental Congress
associatedWith Nathanael Greene
Southern Department of the Continental Army
branch Continental Army
commander Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee
Henry Lee III
conflict American Revolutionary War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
engagement Battle of Paulus Hook
Carolina campaign of 1780
surface form: Southern Campaign

operations in Georgia
operations in North Carolina
operations in South Carolina
hasPart light cavalry
light infantry
historicalEra 18th century
languageOfCommand English
militaryBranchType cavalry
infantry
namedAfter Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee
notableCommander Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee
notableFor operations in the Southern Campaign
partisan tactics
swift raids
opponent British Army
Loyalist militia
role partisan warfare unit
tactics ambushes
hit-and-run attacks
reconnaissance
theater Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
typeOfUnit mixed corps
unitSize corps

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Henry Lee III notableCommanderOf Lee's Legion
Light-Horse Harry commanded Lee's Legion
subject surface form: Henry Lee III