Cavalary

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=__**2nd Cavalry**__= =__**Calvary Tactics**__= **General St.Cooke change the formation from 2 ranks and 4 collums to maneuver easier to just one rank. Most cavalry fought on the ground, because remounting was time consuming and mounted were said to be "reckless".** =__**Extra Cavalry Information**__= **Cavalry was the support of the infantry and artillery, and the "eyes and ears" of the civil war. Before the war in 1861 there were several cavalry's. the first made in 1830's was the First Dragoons. the second made in 1850's were the Regiment of Mounted Rifles. the cavalry carried a short musket called the musketoon. Then later they carried carbines. also the Dragoons used horses to move not to fight. The light cavalry was used to scout armed with sabers and pistols. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan was a man who did not trust the cavalry and believed they should be trained much longer to be trusted.** =__**The factor of the cavalry**__= **The cavalry played a huge factor in the way the north had won the war. The cavalry had many important jobs and things to do for the north.When they were called on to do something in the war they were there. Especially in the emergencies when the north needed to win the battle in the crucial times.**
 * The cavalry was first brought in on March 2, 1833, because the US decided they needed them to caver the vast distance in Mexico for the Mexican war.The cavalry to just fight the war. Soon then the U.S congress approved of more men so they can have more then enough cavalry men to fight the war. This was a huge upgrade so they could win this war.The first and second cavalry were the number one military enforcement.The first cavalry was made in Fort Leavenworth commanded by the great general Colonel Edwin V. Sumner. Five of his officers(Lt. Col. Joseph E. Johnston, Maj. John Sedgwick, Maj. William H. Emory, Capt. George B. McClellan, and Lt. J. E. B. Stuart) played a big role in the civil war. Most of these men were volunters. Then after the war the government had to get rid of some items so the only remaining cavalry were some Dragoons (mounted infantry) and mounted riflemen.**======
 * This cavalry was trained at Jefferson Barracks with the colonel Albert Sidney Johnston as well as Lt. Col. Robert E. Lee, Maj. William J. Hardee, Maj. George H. Thomas, Captains Earl Van Dorn, George Stoneman, Edmund Kirby Smith, Lieutenants John Bell Hood, and Fitzhugh Lee. This was would soon be named "****Jefferson Davis' own".**

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'Cavalry Saber"





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