Loyalists
those persons commonly called Tories who in the American Revolution (1775-1783 ) supported the British king and government against the revolting colonists. They comprised in numbers nearly a third of the population, and many of them were among the best citizens of the colonies. Great numbers emigrated emi to Canada at the conclusion of peace in 1783.
LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES, MILITARY ORDER OF THE, the first society formed by officers honorably discharged from the service of the United States in the Civil War, founded April 15, 1865, in Philadelphia. There are State Commanderies in Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, California, Wisconsin, Illinois, District of Columbia, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Colorado, Indiana, Washington, Vermont, and Maryland.