soldiers armed with dragoon pistols,
short muskets carried
hooked to mounted
infantry soldiers' belts. The
term dragoon comes from the
French word dragon and applied first to the pistol
hammer (because of its twisting, dragon shape), then to the firearm and then to the soldiers armed with it.
soldiers armed with dragoon pistols,
short muskets carried
hooked to mounted
infantry soldiers' belts. The
term dragoon comes from the
French word dragon and applied first to the pistol
hammer (because of its twisting, dragon shape), then to the firearm and then to the soldiers armed with it. The
enemy troops were instructed to
run like hell until his dragoons were caught in an
enfilade fire.
-See Checks, Withholds (10 Jan. 62)