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The War Years (1775-1783) June 19, 2013 August 28, 2016

“Light Horse Harry” Lee and Pyle’s Massacre

by Jim Piecuch

On February 25, 1781, the Continental cavalry of Lieutenant Colonel Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee’s Legion and Brigadier Andrew Pickens’s militia encountered several hundred…

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