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Sheridan leads the charge at Five Forks (Frederick Phisterer, 1912). The American Civil War saw extensive use of horse-mounted soldiers on both sides of the conflict. They were vital to both the Union Army and Confederate Army for conducting reconnaissance missions to locate the enemy and determine their strength and movement, and for screening friendly units from being discovered by the enemy ...
Meade's secondary horse Grand Old Canister: Daniel Sickles: Sickles' secondary horse Grape: Daniel Sickles: Sickles' secondary horse Grey Eagle: John Buford: Handsome Joe: John Sedgwick: Sedgwick's secondary horse Harry: George Armstrong Custer: One of Custer's secondary horses Hero: James Longstreet: Highfly: J.E.B. Stuart: Stuart's secondary ...
The 2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment, also known officially as Merrill's Horse, [1] was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was one of only a handful of Missouri regiments to be officially named as well as numbered.
Horse Cavalry detachment of the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry, demonstrating equipment and tactics of the 1880s. Although the Cavalry Bureau ceased to function before the end of the War, the need for remounts did not end with Lee's surrender in 1865. With 10 cavalry regiments in the Regular Army, the decision was made to return to the contract system ...
Cavalry Missouri State Militia 3 Men, 3 Total 2 Officers, 35 Men, 37 Total None 40 Merrill's Horse None 5 Men, 5 Total 19 Men, 19 Total 24 5th Cavalry Missouri State Militia 5 Men, 5 Total 6 Men, 6 Total 4 Men, 4 Total 15 13th Missouri Cavalry None 4 Officers, 4 Total None 4 7th Kansas Cavalry None 1 Men, 1 Total None 1 17th Illinois Cavalry None
The 13th Missouri Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry unit that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In early April 1863, Captain Robert C. Wood, aide-de-camp to Confederate Major General Sterling Price , was detached to form an artillery unit from some of the men of Price's escort.
Camp scene, 7th. N.Y. Cavalry. The 7th New York Cavalry Regiment, the "Northern Black Horse Cavalry" and more properly designated 1st Regiment New York Mounted Rifles, was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry unit of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The 4th Regiment was formed by combining various cavalry companies into one consolidated regiment in the autumn of 1862. [ 1 ]