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Light-Horse Harry Lee
Light-Horse Harry Lee
Captain Henry Lee, better known as Light-horse Harry Lee was in command of the 1st Continental Light Dragoons at the time of the Battle of Gloucester.
Lee and the 1st Continental Light Dragoons do not appear to be at Gloucester on November 25th, but they are present on November 27th in support of Colonel Richard Butler's attack on the last of the British troops leaving Gloucester Town.
Lee would go on to become a Major General in the United States Army and the ninth Governor of Virginia.
He was also the father of General Robert E. Lee Confederate General during the Civil War.
"Light Horse" Harry Lee writes to George Washington about the Battle of Gloucester and the action on the 27th of Nov. 1777.
Dec. 3rd 1777 at Haddonfield:
"Light Horse" Harry Lee writes to George Washington about the Battle of Gloucester and the action on the 27th of Nov. 1777.
He reports about Lieutenant Colonel Richard Butler with his Morgan's Riflemen in the town of Gloucester.
Images of the letters are from the Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/item/mgw449023/
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