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1944 U.S. 113th cavalry passes Belg-Dutch borders
1914 French cavalry enter Belgium 1901 Battle at Blood River Port: Boer General Botha beats Major Goughs cavalry 1898 Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry 1890 U.S. 7th Cavalry massacre about 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 1877 Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1876 Custer and 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn 1876 7th U.S. Cavalry under Custer leaves Ft. Lincoln 1865 President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia 1864 Battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer and Merrit's cavalry divisions 1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia 1863 Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas 1863 6th Ohio Cavalry ambush at Barbees Crossroads Virginia 1863 Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign 1852 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized 1836 Joseph Wheeler II, Major General, Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee 1825 John Hunt Morgan, Brigadier General, Confederate cavalry commander 1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South 1819 Franz von Suppe, Spalato Dalmatia, composer, Light Cavalry Over 1777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus 1733 Reinier V van Hompech, Dutch General-Major cavalry, dies 1608 Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen/cavalry commander, dies in battle |
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