Agony, misery, oh $h*t, stairway to heaven, and many more that i don't remember the names to. The named hills were usually better than the unknown hills. The named hills were usually open to traffic, where the others were gated off as unfit for vehicle traffic.
It is an Irish jig named Garry Owen, it is the marching song of the 7th cavalry, which as you know was one of Custer's units.
They were vulerable to attack by enemy cavalry - especially the Confederate leader Bedford Forrest in Tennessee.
The brigade he commanded before being promoted to corps command was called the Stonewall Brigade, and his infantry later would be called Jackson's Foot Cavalry for their rapid marching.
When conducting large marching exercises General McClellan followed what seems to be a standard practice for Union as well as for Confederate armies. In open country, the cavalry would lead the advance guard followed by infantry units. In rough terrain, the infantry would lead and the cavalry would confine themselves to being a rear guard and having the duty of providing intelligence on any enemy forces that may be approaching from the rear of the main infantry unit.
Cavalry. Cavalry
The cavalry.
By marching downstream and crossing to the East bank of the river, while ordering a cavalry raid through the whole state of Mississippi that distracted the attention of the garrison commander long enough for Grant to get his whole force into position.
He was a member of a cavalry battalion.
Custer's cavalry was sorely outnumbered.
The 7th Cav was a grunt unit (Airmobile Infantry, a fancy name for helicopter transported infantrymen). There were many Cavalry outfits in the Vietnam War: (Not full Regiments; the only full regiment was the 11th ACR), just to name a few: 1. 1st Cavalry Regiment 2. 4th Cavalry Regiment 3. 5th Cavalry Regiment 4. 8th Cavalry Regiment 5. 9th Cavalry Regiment 6. 10th Cavalry Regiment 7. 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (11th ACR) 8. 12th Cavalry Regiment 9. 17th Cavalry Regiment
9th Cavalry and 10th Cavalry.
No, both sides had cavalry soldiers.