Dragoon, Dragoner-Regiment Prinz Ludwig, 1777
Dragoon, Dragoner-Regiment Prinz Ludwig, 1777. The only mounted Brunswick unit sent to the Americas, they left their horses in Europe and were supposed to get mounts in Canada but only about 30 were supplied, leaving the rank and file to fight on foot. [SOURCE: Uniforms of the American War of Independence. A series of 24 collector cards. Illustration by R. J. Marrion. Fellow of The Company of Military Historians of America. Victoria Gallery, London, England. 1992.]