American military reliance on cavalry peaked during the Civil War. There were more than 1 million cavalry troops between Union and Confederate forces, accounting for nearly one-in-every-five ...

While metal detecting the historic grounds near the Battle of Port Hudson, we uncovered a series of artifacts that may reveal the final stand of a Civil War cavalry officer. The findings offer a ...

The Third Arkansas Cavalry was organized in October 1863 at Little Rock, becoming one of four Union cavalry regiments raised in Arkansas during the Civil War. Led by Col. Abraham Ryan, the Third ...

The Gallager carbine is one of the American Civil War's lesser-known cavalry arms, but it still used a unique design that allowed it to adapt to the metallic cartridge era that followed.

Since its formation in the mid-19th century, the 2d Cavalry Regiment (2CR) helped shape U.S. military history at the ...

Two American Civil War veterans buried in Derby are set to be given official US war graves. Samuel Lander Hough, of the 2nd ...

A mounted military band and Civil War reenactors will headline the Hayes site’s annual winter camp event in October.

Photo by Ken Odor A troop of cavalry from the Dahlgren’s Raid re-enactors draw their sabers to show Goochland 4th and 5th graders what a Civil War cavalry charge might have looked like at a stop ...

On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and great-grandfather before him.