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Union Cavalry Mounts. North & South Magazine (January 1999). McKinney, Joseph W. Brandy Station, Virginia, June 9, 1863: The Largest Cavalry Battle of the Civil War. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2006. ISBN 0-7864-2584-9. Starr, Stephen Z. The Union Cavalry in the Civil War. Vol. 2, The War in the East from Gettysburg to Appomattox 1863 ...
Pickett's Charge was an infantry assault on 3 July 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg. It was ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee as part of his plan to break through Union lines and achieve a decisive victory in the North. The charge was named after Major General George Pickett, one of the Confederate Army's division commanders ...
Cavalry recruitment has traditionally been a little unusual: the proportion of cadres, i.e. officers and non-commissioned officers, is much higher than in the infantry; [note 2] [6] [7] a larger proportion of the workforce is made up of career soldiers; [note 3] and many descendants of the former nobility are to be found in the cavalry. [note 4 ...
British and American cavalry units also made similar cavalry charges during World War II. (See 26th Cavalry Regiment). The last successful cavalry charge of World War II was executed during the Battle of Schoenfeld on March 1, 1945. The Polish cavalry, fighting on the Soviet side, overwhelmed the German artillery position and allowed for ...
6th Squadron is the cavalry squadron assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. 8th Squadron is the cavalry squadron assigned to the 2nd Stryker BCT, 2nd Infantry Division, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. In July 2016, 8th Squadron - 1st Cavalry Regiment participated ...
Regimental monuments are grouped within a state's section by type: Artillery / Cavalry / Infantry / Other (engineers, militia, reserves, sharpshooters). Maryland has a section on both the Confederate and Union lists. Most of the listings include the monument's GPS coordinates.
Late in the afternoon on the third day of the battle, Kilpatrick ordered Farnsworth to make a mounted charge against a Confederate infantry position that was fortified and near ground difficult for horses. [23] Although Farnsworth objected, he followed his orders. [26] The 1st West Virginia Cavalry, led by Richmond, made the first charge.