George Washington had given permission to Armand to raise a legion in 1776, but Armand did not fare so well and the Frenchman is reputed to have purchased the legion of a Swiss major. The legion was recruited primarily from foreign volunteers to the American Revolution. After hard fighting with Washington in the north Armand's Legion had taken heavy losses, however, permission was given for its numbers to be renewed from Hessen POWs. In 1780 the remnants of Pulaski's Legion were added to Armand's Legion. n 1781 the legion was consolidated with Capt. Henry Bedkin's Troop of Light Horse, and was reorganized and renamed the 1st Partisan Corps. The legion was disbanded at York, Pennsylvania, on December 25, 1783.