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Sergeant Boston Corbett, 16th New York Cavalry, who shot John Wilkes Booth, April 26, 1865. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Photograph by Mathew Brady. The 16th New York Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American ...
15th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry: 16th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry "Sprague Light Cavalry" 17th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry: 18th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry "Cornish Light Cavalry" 19th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry: Converted into 1st New York Dragoons 20th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry "M'Clellan ...
16th New York Cavalry Regiment; 19th New York Cavalry Regiment; 22nd New York Cavalry Regiment; 26th New York Cavalry Regiment; 2nd New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment; D.
108th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Mississippi Army National Guard) - Organized as the 750th Tank Battalion in the Mississippi Army National Guard with headquarters at Senatobia, MS, from 16 Feb-28 May 1956. Expanded, reorganized and redesignated with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Recce Squadrons, 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1 May 1959.
The 1st through 25th Infantry Divisions, excepting the 10th Mountain Division, were raised in the Regular Army or the Army of the United States prior to American involvement in World War II. Because of funding cuts, in September 1921, the 4th through 9th Infantry Divisions were mostly inactivated.
The 16th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. In its one and only combat operation, the 16th Armored Division liberated the city of Plzeň in western Czechoslovakia (today the Czech Republic ), an operation that influenced the landscape of post-war Europe.
The light armored cavalry regiment was developed in the United States Army in the first years of the Cold War to replace the mechanized cavalry groups used during World War II. The new regiments primarily tasked with providing reconnaissance and security capabilities at the corps level, although also able to attack and defend either mounted or ...
16th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Salem Heights, Virginia: May 3, 1863: For extraordinary heroism on 3 May 1863, while serving with 16th New York Infantry, in action at Salem Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Major Gilmore seized the colors of his regiment and gallantly rallied his men under a very severe fire. —