Person
William Washington
cavalry officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
William Augustine Washington (February 28, 1752 – March 6, 1810) is a cavalry officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, who holds a final rank of brigadier general in the newly created United States after the war.
Primarily known as a commander of light dragoons, he leads mounted troops in a number of notable battles in the Carolinas during the campaigns of 1780 and 1781.