Army of the Potomac by Philip Katcher

Author:Philip Katcher
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Army of the Potomac
ISBN: 9781472805324
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

The Cavalry

Although some 272 cavalry regiments were raised throughout the war by the Union Army, it took longer to develop the city-dwellers of the North into good, serving field cavalrymen than into troops for any other branch. At the war’s beginning there were five U.S. regular cavalry regiments, the 1st and 2nd Dragoons, the Mounted Rifles and the 1st and 2nd Cavalry, each regiment of five squadrons of two troops each. Early in 1861 the 3rd Cavalry was authorized and another squadron was added to each regiment. A bit later the designations were changed, making them all cavalry regiments numbered from one to six.

Each troop was to be made up of 100 men, with a captain, a first lieutenant, a second lieutenant and a supernumerary lieutenant, known as the ‘third’ lieutenant. In 1863 the cavalry was reorganized, putting from 82 to 100 men in each troop and eliminating supernumerary officers. The squadron was eliminated and men were formed into battalions of four troops each.

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