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[[Image:Dragoon-illustration.jpeg|right|thumb|A light dragoon from the American Revolution.]]'''John Storm''' is most well known for being one of less than 90 [[dragoon]]s that fought under Colonel [[William Washington]] during the [[Battle of Cowpens]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]<ref name="wash">Haller, Stephen E., ''William Washington: Cavalryman of the Revolution''.  Published 2001.  Heritage Books Inc.</ref>.  Dragoons comanded huge power upon the battlefield at the time because of their ability to incite fear within the enemy infantry.  "The shock of a cavalry charge often proved decisive in gaining a victory."<ref>[http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/revwar/vafo/vafohorse.html Dragoon Description].  United States National Park Service.  Accessed December 29, 2006.</ref>  Had it not been for these handful of dragoons, the [[Battle of Cowpens]], a turning point in the war, could have been an American loss<ref name="wash"></ref>.  John Storm was born January 3, 1760 in [[Latimore Township, Pennsylvania]] and died December 13, 1835 in [[Greene County, Indiana]]<ref="pension">John Storm's Pension Record.  September 24, 1831.  First-hand account.  Held at the National Archives in Washington D.C.</ref>.  He served under Captains [[Ballard Smith]] and [[Thomas Boyer]] in the 1st Virginia Regiment starting in 1780<ref name="pension"></ref>.  Later that year he served under Captain [[Robert Morrows]] in Colonel [[William Washington]]'s Continental Dragoons<ref name="pension"></ref>.  He is believed to have fought not only in the [[Battle of Cowpens]], but the [[Battle of Guildford Court House]] as well.



== External Links ==

[http://stephenfranklin.tripod.com/storjohn.html John Storm's Grave]


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