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 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Paulus Hook ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Henry Lee III → commanded → Lee's Legion ⓘ
subject linked to: Light-Horse Harry