Lee's Legion (also known as the 2nd Partisan Corps) was a military unit within the Continental Army during the American Revolution. It primarily served in the Southern Theater of Operations, and gained a reputation for efficiency, bravery on the battlefield and ruthlessness equal to that of the British Legion.
United States Marshal Robert Forsyth was a member of Lee's Legion.
ReferencesEdit
^ abLee’s Legion Remembered: Profiles of the 2d Partisan Corps, Edited and Annotated by William Thomas Sherman
Further readingEdit
Lee's Legion Remembered: Profiles of the 2nd Partisan Corps (.pdf)
External linksEdit
North West Territory Alliance Congressional Forces Lee's Legion 5th Troop Reenactors
October 15, 2023
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