Legion

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Legion

LEGION. In the eighteenth century (and later), a "legion" was a unit composed of infantry and mounted troops. Two were Henry Lee's Legion and Tarleton's British Legion. Other legions of the American army were led by Pulaski and Tuffin in succession and by William Washington. Benedict Arnold's Tory organization was called the American Legion, and this name was applied also to the legions of Tuffin, Pulaski, and Henry Lee.

SEE ALSO British Legion; Lee's Legion; Pulaski, Casimir; Tuffin, Armand-Charles, Marquis de La Rouerie.

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