Dragoon Diary Author:C.F. William Maurer The local newspaper reported that the remains of a Revolutionary War cavalry unit were recently unearthed in River Vale, NJ when a new community was planned. This unit was the Third Continental Light Dragoons, nicknamed Mrs. Washington's Body Guard or Baylor's Dragoons. The newspaper continued that the unit...provided bayonet practice for the B... more »ritish in Old Tappan, NY. This bloody night has come down in history as the Baylor Massacre of September 28, 1778. Cavalry units usually fought as the swift arm of the commander. The history of the Dragoons has been reported in fragments as playing a part in larger battles. Now the reader can learn of the individual man - and horse - that shaped the history of this country some two hundred twenty five years ago. From the inception as a unit formed with the wealthy sons of General Washington's friends until the troops left the South to head home with General Greene at their heels, this history tells the story using first person accounts, official reports and newspaper articles.« less