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The Third Continental
Light Dragoons

A Progressive 
American Revolutionary War 

Enacting Group




 



"the sword is the most destructive and almost
  only necessary weapon a dragoon carries"

   --  Major Richard Call, 3d Dragoons
        to Governor Thomas Jefferson
        March 29, 1781

3rd Dragoon

"Continental Light Dragoon"

Painting by Don Troiani, www.historicalimagebank.com

 

Welcome to the Internet home of the Third Continental Light Dragoons, Captain William Parsons Troop, a progressive American Revolutionary War enacting group.  The modern "3d CLD" recruits outside of  geographic boundaries and the unit boasts members from North and South Carolina as well as affiliations with individuals and units from Virginia and Tennessee.

To learn more about us and what we do, visit our Mission page or try to visit us in camp by attending an event listed in our Event Schedule. You can also Contact Us for more information. You will find us always willing to talk, teach, and learn more about our hobby and we value your Feedback on this site too!

We have also developed a mounted impression to portray Colonel James McCall's (South Carolina) State Troops.  Browse our site or click here to check out some information we have gathered on these important Carolina Patriots.

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Last updated 03/21/2008
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