Les,
Wow what a way to burst my bubble! If you can help, I have him doing scouting duty and he is with two other scouts when some of Napoleon's Artillery "discover"them and he is fatally wounded by shrapnel trying to return to report to Wellington. He was originally part of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteer Light Dragoons which became a yoemanry orginazation, but I think I have him leaving it to join a regular army unit before that happens. I do appreciate your help as it is for people like you who may chance to read this story if it ever gets published that I am trying to be so painstakingly accurate about this. If you can come up with any suggestions on how to get him into a unit where he would be a scout, let me know. This part doesn't happen until later on in the story, but as I am working on the timeline and chapter outlines it would be helpful to have those little details down. Thanks.