May 23, 2022 · By the late 1850s, the army had two regiments of dragoons, one regiment of mounted riflemen, and two regiments of light cavalry. To simplify matters, in 1861, all of the …

On 15 May 1850, J. W. Davidson and Captain Nathaniel Lyon led a regiment of the 1st U.S. Dragoons in a massacre of at least 200-400 Pomo Native Americans at Clear Lake, California, …

On June 12, 1851, the United States Army issued new uniform regulations. [1] The new regulations set out a system of chevrons to show enlisted rank. Chevrons had been used to …

May 23, 2022 · There was little to relieve the tedium of life a frontier post in the 1840s and 1850s. When a man obtained a few days leave, he usually sought the nearest town of any size for …

The Mormon Battalion was a non-uniformed volunteer infantry unit enlisted and led by regular U.S. Army dragoons in the epic 2000-mile march from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Diego in …

The U.S. Army organized two cavalry regiments in 1855, so by the late 1850s, the army had two regiments of dragoons, one regiment of mounted riflemen, and two regiments of light cavalry. …

Jul 30, 2016 · In spite of the general disenchantment with the saber as an effective cavalry weapon, all the mounted units of the US Army, from the Continental Dragoons to the modern …

Marches of the dragoons in the Mississippi Valley: an account of marches and activities of the First regiment United States dragoons in the Mississippi Valley between the years 1833 and …

The very first unit of the U.S. Army designed as Light Dragoons was a single Squadron of Light Dragoons, assigned to the Legion of the United States, by September 1792. All these units …

Sep 13, 2017 · In partnership with a Portland dueling school, it is offering a public saber training class that reflects a U.S. Army force that was stationed at Fort Vancouver in the 1850s. The …