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1st
Partisan Corps
(aka
Armand's Legion)
LINEAGE
- Organized
in the winter and spring 1778 at Boston, Massachusetts, as partisan corps under
the command of Col. Charles Armand Tuffin, recruited primarily from foreign
volunteers.
- Adopted
on June 25, 1778 into the Continental Army as the Free and Independent Chasseurs,
to consist of 3 companies, and assigned to the Highland's
Department.
- Relieved
on August 3, 1778 from the Highland's
Department and assigned to the Main
Continental Army.
- Expanded
on November 9, 1778 to consist of 4 companies.
- Relieved
on November 24, 1778 from the Main
Continental Army and assigned to the Middle
Department.
- Relieved
on June 30, 1779 from the Middle
Department and assigned to the Highland's
Department.
- Relieved
on December 23, 1779 from the Highland's
Department and assigned to the Main
Continental Army.
- Consolidated
on February 23, 1780 with Pulaski's Legion and consolidated unit redesignated as Armand's
Legion, an element of the Southern Army, to consist of 5 companies.
- Consolidated
on January 1, 1781 with Capt. Henry Bedkin's Independent Troop of Light Horse and
consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated 1st Partisan Corps, to consist
of 3 mounted and 3 dismounted troops.
- Relieved
on March 11, 1873 from the Southern
Department and assigned to the Middle
Department.
- Disbanded
on December 25, 1783 at York, Pennsylvania.
ENGAGEMENTS HISTORY
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