Troop D: Cincinnati, Ohio: 25 July 1833.Troop C: Louisville, Kentucky: June 1833.Troop B: Sacketts Harbor, New York: 29 July 1833.Troop A: Nashville, Tennessee: 12 August 1833.Headquarters: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri: 4 March 1833.
Brevet Second Lieutenants: William Eustis, G.Second Lieutenants: James Allen, Theophilus H.Noland, and Jefferson Davis (transferred from the 1st Infantry Regiment, and served as the first adjutant, but resigned the staff position on 4 February 1834, and was assigned to Company A). George Cooke (transferred from the 6th Infantry Regiment), S. Browne, Jesse Bean, Matthew Duncan and David Perkins. Sumner, Eustace Trenor, David Hunter, Lemuel Ford, Nathan Boone, J. Kearny (transferred from the 3d Infantry Regiment) Colonel: Henry Dodge (transferred from the Battalion of Mounted Rangers).In June 1834, the regiment filled its complement of officers, many of whom later became noted Civil War generals: The first order announcing appointments in the regiment was dated 5 March 1833, and gave the names of the colonel, lieutenant-colonel, major, four captains and four lieutenants, stating that the organization of the regiment would be perfected by the selection of officers from the "Battalion of Mounted Rangers." The "United States Regiment of Dragoons" was organized by an Act of Congress approved on 2 March 1833 after the disbandment of the " Battalion of Mounted Rangers" (formed in 1832 due to a lack of mounted units to patrol the frontier and also in response to the Black Hawk War). Formation George Catlin sketch of Colonel Henry Dodge, commander of the Battalion of Mounted Rangers, 1833. The 1st Regiment and 2nd Regiment were consolidated on 30 March 1814 into the single Regiment of Light Dragoons of eight troops, but this unit was dissolved in 1815 (the rationale was that cavalry forces were too expensive to maintain as part of a standing army, so Congress insisted on economy and a minimum standing Army). Units of both regiments of dragoons served during the War of 1812 in engagements at the Battle of the Mississinewa the Battle of Lundy's Lane Fort Erie and the Siege of Fort Meigs. In 1808 the Regiment of Light Dragoons was formed and in 1812 another regiment ( 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons) was raised. In 1796 the dragoons were reduced to two companies, were dismounted units by 1800 and disbanded in 1802. The first cavalry unit formed by the Congress of the United States of America was a squadron of four troops (the Squadron of Light Dragoons) commanded by Major Michael Rudolph on 5 March 1792 (the troops would then be incorporated into the Legion of the United States (1792 to 1796)).
During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), Continental forces patterned cavalry units after those of the opposing British forces, especially the well-supplied mounted dragoons of the British Army.
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