Caledonian Volunteers
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The Caledonian Volunteers was a British provincial unit that was raised for service in the American Revolutionary War
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This unit was partially mounted and partially foot and was raised in Philadelphia in late 1777 and early 1778. It returned with the army to New York in 1778 and was merged into the British Legion in July, 1778.
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
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This unit was partially mounted and partially foot and was raised in Philadelphia in late 1777 and early 1778. It returned with the army to New York in 1778 and was merged into the British Legion in July, 1778.