Cowboys and Skinners
COWBOYS AND SKINNERS
COWBOYS AND SKINNERS, bands of guerrillas and irregular cavalry who operated chiefly in the "Neutral Ground" of Westchester County, New York, during the American Revolution. The "Cowboys" were the Westchester Light Horse Battalion, a Loyalist provincial corps of the British army, commanded by Col. James de Lancey. The battalion was an irregular unit of the British army from 1777 until the end of the war, taking part in some of the principal battles.
The "Skinners," named after Gen. Cortland Skinner's Brigade of New Jersey Volunteers, had no regular organization and did not consistently serve either the Americans or the British. They Attacked and robbed local civilians from 1778 to 1783 and sold their plunder to both sides. They Were also sometimes employed By the British or Americans as scouts and spies.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kim, Sung Bok. "The Limits of Politicization in the American Revolution: The Experience of Westchester County, New York," Journal of American History 80 (December 1993): 868–889.
E. Irvine Haines / t. d.
See also Loyalists ; Revolution, American: Military History .
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Cornelis Petrus Tiele
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cornelis Petrus Tiele , 1830-1902, Dutch theologian and author of a number of valuable works on the history of religion. Important is his Outlines of the History of Religion (1876, tr. 1877).
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Tiele, Cornelis Petrus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Tiele, Cornelis Petrus (1830–1902), Dutch theologian. As professor of religious history at Leiden University (1877–1901), he exercised great influence on the development of the study of comparative religion.
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