How Connecticut Horsemen Helped Win the Revolutionary War (Ep. 69)

A military unit from Connecticut established an impressive number of “firsts” during the Revolutionary War. The Second Continental Light Dragoons was the very first American unit to undertake a cavalry charge (on horseback). They also started the Pony Express and the infamous Culper Spy Ring around New York City, while providing security for General George Washington throughout the war. If you think fighting with swords and muskets while galloping at 40-miles-an-hour is easy, wait until you hear the story from the current head of the Dragoons – Captain Salvatore Tarantino.