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1st Continental Light Dragoons 1st Legionary Corps

Active	1776–1783
Allegiance	Continental Congress
Type	Dragoon
Size	6 troops
Part of	Continental Army
Nickname(s)	Bland's Horse
Colors	brown coats with green facings, after 1781 blue coats with red facings
Engagements	Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Edgar's Lane, Battle of Guilford Court House
Commanders
Notable commanders	Lt. Col. Theodorick Bland Lt. Col. Anthony Walton White Colonel William Washington.

v t e Philadelphia campaign 1777–1778
Bound Brook Short Hills Staten Island Cooch's Bridge Brandywine Clouds Paoli Germantown Red Bank Fort Mifflin Gloucester White Marsh Matson's Ford Valley Forge Conway Cabal Quinton's Bridge Clow Rebellion Crooked Billet Barren Hill Carlisle Peace Commission Monmouth

Southern theater, 1775–1783
Williamsburg – Great Bridge – Moore's Creek Bridge – Rice Boats – Alligator Bridge – Beaufort – Kettle Creek – Briar Creek – Stono Ferry – Savannah – Charleston – Camden – Kings Mountain – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown

v t e American Revolutionary War units of the United States
Continental Army List of Continental units
Units by state	Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont Virginia
Non-state units	Extra and Additional regiments Armand's Legion Pulaski's Legion Lee's Legion Ottendorf's Corps Commander-in-Chief's Guard
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The 1st Continental Light Dragoons, also known as Bland's Horse, was a mounted regiment of the Continental Army organized between 13 June and 10 September 1776 in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was made up of men from eastern and northern Virginia for service with the Continental Army.