Quote Originally Posted by Prussian Iron View Post
dragoons will never stand up against even militia, so unless you are just spamming very expensive dragoons, with less effectiveness and half the strength of line infantry, I wouldn't reccomend them. they are only rally good as reserve troops, so that you can fill holes quickly, and garrison troops, so you can keep the populace down with twice the effectiveness.
I disagree. Light Dragoons are my cavalry of choice and very flexible. They will force the infantry into square and quarter their fire power while they, infantry, or cannon deal with those units. They also carry more ammunition and have better accuracy then most infantry units.

They keep other cavalry from your flanks and are just as good as most other cavalry at killing the enemy's artillery. Using them to flank infantry already engaged by fire is a good method too.



I think of the units in terms of company/troop strength too but beyond that I usually think of a full stack as being a brigade.

In an all horse organization I usually use three light dragoons and a horse artillery battery. Having two melee cavalry in such a stack is also helpful.

In my typical all arms stack I use three light infantry or rifles,
not more than four artillery batteries,
four cavalry (preferably light dragoons),
and the rest some verity of musket infantry with a general sometimes.