Who were The Dragoons?
According to old German literature, dragoons were invented by Count Ernst von Mansfeld, one of the greatest German military commanders, in the early 1620s. There are other instances of mounted infantry predating this. However Mansfeld, who had learned his profession in Hungary and the Netherlands, often used horses to make his foot troops more mobile, creating what was called an "armée volante" (French for flying army).
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Regiment of Light Dragoons (United States)
Under the designation Regiment of Light Dragoons existed two different units of the U.S. Army in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, respectively
Generals frequently used their assigned dragoons as escorts, couriers and scouts
During medieval times, two distinctions of cavalry had emerged: heavy and light cavalry.
Heavy cavalry referred to those soldiers who were heavily armored and used as shock troops, charging their enemies with lances. Knights often charged in close formation, similar to the shoulder to shoulder tactics of infantry charges in nineteenth century American armies. The sight of a line of heavily armored knights charging at full gallop had a profound psychological impact on the enemy.
Light cavalry carried less armour and were more of a reconnaissance force, used for scouting, screening and skirmishing.
By the 1700s, heavy cavalry still played a role as shock troops, and light cavalry were still used as reconnaissance, but a new type of unit, dragoons, regarded as a medium cavalry, had emerged. Whereas cavalry did most of their fighting on horse, dragoons rode into battle and then did most of their fighting dismounted; although, they were actually trained to fight both ways. The term "dragoon" came from the nickname for their weapon, the carbine or short musket, called "the dragon," which referred to the fire that emits out of the gun when fired, hence the term "dragon" or dragoon soldiers.
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