North Carolina Light Dragoons Regiment

All companies of North Carolina Light Dragoons were removed from the Continental Line on January 1, 1779 and ordered to disband.

The North Carolina General Assembly decided to retain these units, but it took them several months to figure out how best to employ them.

Between February and June of 1779, they were assembled into a new Regiment of State Troops under ex-Continental Col. François Malmédy, who had marched south with Major General Benjamin Lincoln in late 1778.

[1] The North Carolina General Assembly decided to retain these units, but it took them several months to figure out how best to employ them.

Between February and June of 1779, they were assembled into a new Regiment of State Troops under ex-Continental Col. François Malmédy, who had marched south with Major General Benjamin Lincoln in late 1778.