reidisel's

Updated: July 26, 2026

To try the affections of the country, to complete a corps of loyalists, and to mount Reidisel's dragoons, were subordinate objects of the expedition. Lieutenant Colonel Baum with five hundred Europeans, and a body of American loyalists, was detached on this service.

John Marshall - The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 : Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War : which Established the Independence of his Country and First : President of the United States