High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William Washington (February 28, 1752 to March 6, 1810), was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, who held a final rank of Brigadier General in the newly created United States after the war. Primarily known as a commander of light dragoons, mounted troops under Washington`s command engaged in a number of notable battles in the Carolinas during the campaigns of 1780 and 1781.