The regiment performed numerous raids from whaleboats against British and Loyalist targets on Long Island.

The 2nd Dragoons also guarded British Major John André during his incarceration, trial and subsequent execution in Nyack, New York.

The regiment's main patrol areas during the war were in Southern Connecticut and New York, where they intercepted British supplies and fought off bands of Loyalist partisans who preyed on local citizens.

The regiment was furloughed 9 June 1783, at Newburgh, New York and discharged on 20 November 1783, by proclamation of General Washington.

[citation needed] The 2nd Light Dragoons are prominent in Colonel John Trumbull's paintings of the American Revolution.