Tankers and Troopers:A Heritage Of Courage

摘要

The American soldier'srnlegacy of courage began with the "shot heard round the world" in April 1775 at the battles of Lexington and Concord, Mass. After this initial clash of arms, the Second Continental Congress adopted the militia regiments besieging the British garrison in Boston as Continental regiments. Units of Infantry and Artillery became part of the Continental Army, but the Congress didn't see the need for Cavalry, so no cavalry units were called for. GEN George Washington took command of the Army on July 3, 1775, and, after the British evacuated Boston in March 1776, the war changed to one of maneuver. Washington quickly saw the need for mounted forces, and the first real cavalry forces of the Continental Army joined Washington in the summer of 1776. Virginia sent three troops of cavalry, one of which was commanded by a 21-year-old captain named Henry Lee. CPT Lee was destined to become a cavalry legend during the Revolutionary War and earned the nom de guerre Light-Horse Harry Lee.