1st Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Regiment or 1st Cavalry Battalion may refer to:
Armies
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1st Cavalry Army __NOTOC__
The 1st Cavalry Army (russian: Первая конная армия, Pervaya konnaya armiya) was a prominent Red Army military formation. It was also known as "Budyonny's Cavalry Army" or simply as ''Konarmia'' (Кона́рмия, "Horse ...
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Corps
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I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée)
The I Cavalry Corps of the ''Grande Armée'' was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars.
History
For one month in 1806–1807, Emperor Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte split his Reserve Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), Res ...
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I Cavalry Corps (German Empire)
The I Cavalry Corps (german: Höhere Kavallerie-Kommando 1 / HKK 1 literally: Higher Cavalry Command 1) was a formation of the German Empire, German German Army (German Empire), Army in World War I. It was formed on the mobilization of the German A ...
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1st Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire)
Divisions
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1st Cavalry Division (Australia)
The 3rd Armoured Division was an armoured unit of the Australian Army during World War II. Originally raised in 1921 as the 1st Cavalry Division, the formation had been converted into a motor division in early 1942, before adopting the armoured ...
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1st Cavalry Division (Belgium)
The 1st Cavalry Division (French: ''1ere Division de Cavalerie'') was a cavalry division of the Battle of Belgium order of battle, Belgian Army that fought against the Wehrmacht, German Armed Forces in the Battle of Belgium.
History
World W ...
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1st Light Cavalry Division (France) The French 1st Light Cavalry Division ''(1er Division de Cavalerie Légère)'' was a French Army division active during World War II. The 1st Light Cavalry Division was formed alongside the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Light Cavalry Divisions in February ...
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1st Foot Cavalry Division (France)
The 1st Foot Cavalry Division (french: 1re Division de Cavalerie à Pied) was a French Army formation during World War I.
Heads of the Foot Cavalry Division
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1st Cavalry Division (German Empire)
The 1st Cavalry Division (''1. Kavallerie-Division'') was a unit of the German Army in World War I. The division was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the ...
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1st Cavalry Division (Reichswehr) The 1st Cavalry Division was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th (Prussian) Regiments.
Its commanders were:
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1st Cavalry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 1st Cavalry Division (german: 1. Kavallerie-Division) was formed in October 1939. It fought in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and on the Eastern Front. It was officially transformed into the 24th Panzer Division in late 1941.
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1st Cossack Cavalry Division
The 1st Cossack Cavalry Division (german: 1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division) was a Russian Cossacks, Cossack division of the German Army (1935–1945), German Army that served during World War II. It was created on the Eastern Front (World War II), ...
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1st Indian Cavalry Division
The 1st Indian Cavalry Division was a division of the British Indian Army which was formed at the outbreak of the First World War. It served on the Western Front, and was renamed the 4th Cavalry Division on 26 November 1916. In March 1918, the ...
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1st Cavalry Division Eugenio di Savoia
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, a unit of the Royal Italian Army
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1st Cavalry Division (Poland)
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1st Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)
The 1st Cavalry Division (russian: 1-я кавалерийская дивизия , ''1-ya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya'') was a cavalry formation of the Russian Imperial Army. Organization
*1st Cavalry Brigade
**1st Leib-Dragoons of Moscow Regiment
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1st Guards Cavalry Division (Russian Empire)
The 1st Guards Cavalry Division was a Guards heavy cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army.
Organization
1857–1918:
*1st Cavalry Brigade
**Chevalier Guard Regiment
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1st Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) The 1st Zaporozhye Red Cossack Cavalry Division (1st CD) was a Red Army cavalry division. It was based in Proskurov for most of its existence. Formed from the 8th Cavalry Division, it became the 32nd Cavalry Division in 1938.
History
On 6 May 192 ...
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1st Mountain Cavalry Division (Soviet Union)
The 1st Mountain Cavalry Division was a division-sized unit of the Red Army that existed during the Great Patriotic War and during the Allied Invasion of Iran.
History
The 1st Mountain Cavalry Division was formed originally as the "1st Mountain ...
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1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)
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1st Cavalry Division (United States)
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is a Armored brigade combat team, combined arms division (military), division and is one of the most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army. It is based at Fort Hood, Texas. It was formed ...
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1st Cavalry Division (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
The 1st Cavalry Division of the Royal Yugoslav Army was established in 1921, soon after the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which became the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929. In peacetime it consisted of ...
Brigades
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1st Cavalry Brigade (Australia)
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1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade, Brazil
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1st Cavalry Brigade (France)
The French 1st Cavalry Brigade was a military unit of the French Army which served during World War II. A partly horse-mounted unit, it fought in the Battle of Belgium and the Battle of France in May 1940. An element of the brigade was noted for ...
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1st Cavalry Brigade (Hungary)
The 1st Cavalry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II.
Organization
Structure of the brigade:
* Headquarters - under Brigadier General Lajos Veress
Lajo ...
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1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade
The 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Indian Army formed in 1906 as a result of the Kitchener Reforms. It remained in India during the First World War but took an active part in the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1 ...
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1st Cavalry Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
The 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army was originally formed November 3, 1901.
It was assigned to Kwantung Army
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1st Cavalry Brigade (Poland)
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1st Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars (1st Household Cavalry Brigade), the Anglo-Egyptian War (1st (Heavy) Cavalry Brigade), the Boer War and in the First World War when it was assigned to the ...
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1st Cavalry Brigade (United States)
The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (the "First Iron Horse Brigade, First Cavalry Division")is a cavalry unit of the United States Army based in Fort Hood, Texas.
History
It was constituted 29 August 1917 in the United Sta ...
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1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (United States)
The Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division is a divisional aviation brigade of the United States Army. It was activated on 16 September 1984.
Current structure
The brigade is composed of:
*Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC)
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Regiments and battalions
France
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1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
The 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment () is the only cavalry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. It is one of two armoured cavalry regiments of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.
The regiment recently moved camp after being stationed ...
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1st Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard
The 1st Polish Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard ( ''/'' ) was a foreign Polish light cavalry lancers regiment which served as part of Napoleon's Imperial Guard during the Napoleonic Wars. The regiment, as part of Napoleon's ...
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1st Spahi Regiment
The 1st Spahi Regiment (french: 1er Régiment de Spahis) is an armored regiment of the modern French Army, previously called the 1st Moroccan Spahi Regiment (french: 1er Régiment de Spahis Marocains). It was established in 1914 as a mounted cava ...
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1st Parachute Hussar Regiment
The 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment (french: List of French paratrooper units, 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes, List of French paratrooper units, 1er RHP) is an List of French paratrooper units, airborne cavalry unit in the French Army, fou ...
Germany
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1st Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "Emperor Nicholas of Russia"
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1st Royal Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry
The 1st Royal Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry (''Garde-Reiter-Regiment (1. Schweres Regiment)'') was a heavy cavalry of the Royal Saxon Army. Established in 1680 as a cuirassiers unit, the regiment fought in the Battle of Vienna (1683), the Nine Years' ...
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1st King's Mounted Rifles
The 1st King's Mounted Rifles were a light cavalry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army from 1901 to 1918. When the Imperial German Army was reorganized as the Reichsheer, 'A Squadron'/'10th Horse' became bearer of the regiment's tradition.
The 1 ...
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1st (Silesian) Life Cuirassiers "Great Elector"
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1st Guards Uhlans
Established in 1819 as Garde-Landwehr Kavallerie Regiment, they were a light cavalry regiment of Uhlans of the Royal Prussian Army. The regiment was later reorganised as heavy cavalry Uhlans and renamed into 1. Garde Ulanen Regiment (1826) and fou ...
United States
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1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)
The 1st Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army regiment that has its antecedents in the early 19th century in the formation of the United States Regiment of Dragoons. To this day, the unit's special designation is "First Regiment of Dragoon ...
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1st Cavalry Regiment (1855)
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1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
The Rough Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat. The United States Army was small, understaffed, and diso ...
Union Army (American Civil War)
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1st Regiment Alabama Cavalry (Union)
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1st Regiment Arkansas Cavalry (Union)
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1st California Cavalry Regiment
The 1st Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was first formed of five companies as 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry between August and October 31, ...
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1st California Cavalry Battalion
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1st Colorado Cavalry Regiment
The 1st Colorado Cavalry Regiment was formed in November 1862 by Territorial Governor John Evans, composed mostly of members of the 1st Colorado Infantry Regiment and of C and D Companies of the 2nd Colorado Infantry Regiment. It was formed both ...
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1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment
The 1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment was organized at West Meriden, Connecticut, on November 2, 1861, initially as t ...
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1st Dakota Cavalry Battalion
The 1st Dakota Cavalry was a Union battalion of two companies raised in the Dakota Territory during the American Civil War. They were deployed along the frontier, primarily to protect the settlers during the Sioux Uprising of 1862.
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Co ...
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1st Florida Cavalry Regiment (Union)
The 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment from Florida that served in the Union Army from October 29, 1863 – November 17, 1865 during the American Civil War.
Organization and Recruitment
The regiment was formed by General Na ...
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1st Illinois Cavalry Regiment
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1st Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
The 1st Iowa Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The first Iowa Cavalry was organized at Davenport, Iowa in August and September 1861 and mustered in for three years of Fede ...
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1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment (Union)
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1st Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
The 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment was a volunteer United States cavalry unit from Maine used during the American Civil War.
Service history
The regiment was organized in Augusta, Maine, on October 31, 1861, and served for three years. The original ...
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1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer Cavalry
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1st Maryland Cavalry (Union)
:''This unit is not to be confused with the 1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer Cavalry''.
1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion, Potomac Home Brigade, originally organized as the 1st Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry, "Cole's Cavalry" was formed under the guidan ...
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1st Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
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1st Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
The 1st Minnesota Cavalry Regiment, also known as the Mounted Rangers, was a Minnesota USV cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 1st Minnesota Cavalry Regiment was mustered between October and Decembe ...
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1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry
The 1st Nebraska Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 1st Nebraska Cavalry Regiment was created from the 1st Nebraska Infantry on October 11, 1863. The regiment was co ...
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1st New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry The 1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment was a Union Army regiment from the U.S. state of New Jersey that participated in the American Civil War.
Organization and Unit History
The 1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment was organized at Trenton, New Jersey, un ...
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1st Ohio Cavalry
The 1st Ohio Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 1st Ohio Cavalry Regiment was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio August 17-October 30, 1861, and mustered in for ...
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1st Oregon Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
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1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
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1st Rhode Island Cavalry
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1st Texas Cavalry Regiment (Union)
The 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment from Texas that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Raised in Louisiana in 1862; it served in the Department of the Gulf and in Texas. It was consolidated with the 2nd Texas ...
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1st Vermont Cavalry
The 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment was a three years' cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater from November 1861 to August 1865, in the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac.
History
The r ...
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1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
The 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although it started slowly, it became one of the most active and effective of the West Virginia Civil War regiments—and had 14 Medal of Honor recipi ...
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1st Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
The 1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment was a volunteer cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment is most notable as one of two cavalry regiments credited with the final capture of Confederate presiden ...
Confederate Army (American Civil War)
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1st Regiment Alabama Volunteer Cavalry (Confederate)
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1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Crawford's)
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1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Dobbin's)
The 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, colloquially known as Dobbins' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War commanded by Colonel Archibald S. Dobbins.
Organization
The nucleus ...
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1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Monroe's)
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1st Cavalry Regiment, Arkansas State Troops
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1st Florida Cavalry
The 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment was a Confederate army unit during the U.S. Civil War, originally organized in July 1861 at Tallahassee. Members of the regiment came primarily from Alachua, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Leon, Levy, Nassau and S ...
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1st Florida Special Cavalry Battalion
The 1st Florida Special Cavalry Battalion, nicknamed Cow Cavalry, was a Confederate States Army cavalry unit from Florida during the American Civil War. Commanded by Charles James Munnerlyn; it was organized to protect herds of cattle from Union ...
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1st Georgia Cavalry
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1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry
1st Georgia Cavalry Battalion was a battalion of cavalry that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
It was first organized with five companies during the late fall of 1861 in Rome, Georgia, composed of men from M ...
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1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment
The 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, also known as Scott's Cavalry Regiment, was a cavalry regiment from Louisiana that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Raised in 1861 it served all over the Western Theater of t ...
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1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment
The 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, initially formed as 9th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, was a cavalry regiment from North Carolina that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Raised in 1861 it served ...
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1st Virginia Cavalry
The 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.
Organization
The 1st Virginia Cavalry com ...
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1st Cavalry Regiment (Chile)
The 1st Cavalry (Horse Guards) Regiment "Grenadiers" ( es, Regimiento Escolta Presidencial n.º 1 «Granaderos», link=no) is the senior cavalry regiment of the Chilean Army, which serves as the Horse Guards unit providing the ceremonial escort ...
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