The 2d Dragoons saw action up and down the eastern coast. Many of the actions were just a few men who were out on patrol or on duty. Much of the fighting took place in Connecticut and New York, in the area shown on the map above. The regiment never fielded at full strenth, but they saw action over 8 years.
1776
Dec 26 Trenton
1777
Jan 3
Princeton
Spring Wethersfield
CT
Spring Middlebrook
NJ
June 6 to
Morristown by Farmington, Harrington, Litchfield, Kent, Peekskill, Kings
Ferry,
Haverstraw, Clove, Pompton
June 24 Woodbridge,
NJ Confronted
June 25 Short
Hills Confronted
Elizabethtown
July
Carrol's Ferry to Delaware by way of Georgetown
July 23 Germantown
Fall
Saratoga, NY. Lt. Thomas Y. Seymour’s Company
August Philadelphia
Area
Sept 11 Brandywine
PA Confronted
Oct 3 Germantown
PA Confronted
Oct 4 Shippack
Dec 4-7 Whitemarsh/Chestnut
Hill
Dec
Rising Sun Caper
Late Dec Valley
Forge PA
Winter
Schuylkill to Delaware River
Dec
Confronted Losses/4 killed, many wounded
1778
Jan 29 Trenton
Chatham NJ for winter
Connecticut for winter
Jan 21 Near Valley
Forge
Feb 2 DeLancey's
action NY
Spring The Clove/Kings
Ferry
April 6 Trenton
July 24 White
Plains
Aug 1 White
Plains
Aug 24 White Plains
Sept 5 White Plains
Sept 12 White
Plains
Sept Hudson
Sept Westchester
Sept Greenburg
Hills
New Rochelle
Valentine's Hill
Oct 7 Clap Tavern
Nov 30 Bedford, NY
Winter Qtr Regt. at Durham, Tallmadge
at Greenfield
1779
Feb 28 Middlebrook
Spring Westchester
Front and Stationed at Pound Ridge
June Both
sides of the Hudson
July 2 Attacked
at Pound Ridge, Major Lockwood's Home
Joined by Moylan's Dragoons
2 Weeks after Pound Ridge, 2nd & 4th
went to assist militia at Norwalk for Tyron's Raid.
Returned to Westchester Front.
July 15 Moved up to
Verplanck's Point as if to attack.
Late July White
Plains/North Castle
Aug 5 Lower Salem, attacked
DeLancey's Loyalist
Brigade at headquarters in Morrisania.
End of ’79 2nd and 4th
were stationed at Lower Salem.
Tallmadge nearly ambushed and fired on
by Loyalist Cowboys.
Sept 5 Left from Shippan
Point near Stamford and attacked Ft. Franklin on Lloyd's Neck
Winter Encamped
at North Hampton, MA
Tallmadge sent to Wethersfield to settle
pay.
Dec 30 Morristown
1780
Feb 22 1 Trumpeter,
1 Farrier, 5 Troopers of "mounted effective Dragoons" out of six troops.
March Sheldon
got order on Boston for necessary clothing
Spring North Castle
Regiment now consisted of 4 mounted troops
and 2 dismounted.
Summer 1 Troop
of mounted and 2 troop of dismounted on duty at North Stamford with
Tallmadge. Remaining 3 mounted
troops with Sheldon at Headquarters on active duty
at North Castle. Shortly after Tallmadge
returned to Westchester with Squadron.
Horse Neck/New Canaan
Aug Bedford
63 mounted, 49 dismounted Dragoons
Aug 9 North
Castle Return of horse & foot
Aug 26 Middlepatent
Sept Sheldon in court
in Salem
Sept 23 Tallmadge
on duty at White Plains when Andre is captured.
Sept 24 Andre
escorted by Tallmadge to Tappan.
Sept 25 West Point/Tappan
- Tallmadge receives letter from Arnold requesting his enlistment in
the British Army. Tallmadge returns to
Westchester Front after Andre's hanging.
Autumn Intercepting
British supplies and skirmishes with Loyalists in neutral ground of
Westchester near Tarrytown.
Sept 9 Lower Salem
Oct 2 West Point/Tappan
Oct 3 Westchester
Oct From Bedford
toward Hazen to Pine Bridge to drive enemy from area near Crom Pond.
Oct Totawa
Nov Cross L.I.
Sound for reconnaissance
Nov 13 Fairfield
Nov 21 Set off
from Fairfield across Long Island Sound, landed at Woodville
Nov 22 Marched
toward Fort St. George.
Nov 23 Sergeant
Elijah Churchill and ten Mounted Dragoons rode to Corum to destroy British
supply dump.
Nov 11 to Mid Dec
"on the Lines" Westchester
Dec Simsbury and Windsor
in Conn. for winter quarters.
1781
Apr
New Windsor
April 4 Northampton
April 4 Lloyds
Neck for reconnaissance
April 4
Newport to meet Rochambeau
May
New Windsor
June 25 Hartford
Jul-Aug
Kingsbridge/ White Plains
Aug 29 Peekskill
Aug 29 Continental
Village
October East side
of North River
Oct 1 5th Coy
to Norwalk
Oct 2 Ft. Slongo
Oct
Westchester Lines
1782
Spring Westchester/ Horse Neck
May
Newburgh
June
Newburgh
Aug 18 Newtown
Sept 28 Verplancks
Point, NY
1783
Feb 1
Newtown
April 16 Newtown
June Headquarters
June 10 Newtown
November 20 Disbanded
by General Washington