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The 6th Cavalry left Maryland, via New York and New Orleans to Texas in October 1865. On 29 November 1865, the 6th Cavalry headquarters was established in Austin where it was part of the Fifth Military District which covered Texas and Louisiana under General Sheridan and later under General Winfield Scott Hancock. [6]
The 6th Cavalry Museum is a military history museum located in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. [1] The museum is dedicated to the 6th Cavalry Regiment , a regiment of the United States Army that began as a regiment of cavalry in the American Civil War , and is still active today. [ 2 ]
The 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry was a Union Army cavalry regiment that served in the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Shenandoah during the American Civil War.It was formed in 1861 as the Philadelphia Light Cavalry and the 70th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers by Richard H. Rush who also served as colonel from 1861 to 1862.
The 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment fought at Chustenahlah in 1861. The following year the unit fought at Pea Ridge , First Corinth , Second Corinth , Hatchie's Bridge , and Holly Springs .
James Anderson (May 28, 1849 – May 31, 1918), born James Anderson Smythe, was a Canadian-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 6th U.S. Cavalry during the Texas–Indian Wars. He was one of six men received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against a hostile band of Plains Indians at the Wichita River in Texas on October 5, 1870.
On 21 February 1975 the 6th Cavalry Brigade was reconstituted at Fort Hood, Texas in the Regular Army and subsequently assigned to the III Corps. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] By 1989 the brigade added the suffix '(Air Combat)', and was organised as follows: [ 7 ]
In 2009, the city in association with Pima County created a Master Plan for the creation and development of what was to become the Fort Lowell Park. [7] The park features ball fields, tennis and racquetball courts, a large public swimming pool, and the Fort Lowell Museum dedicated to Fort Lowell's days as an active military installation.
6th King Edward's Own Cavalry, a former regiment of the Indian Army; 6th Cavalry Regiment (United States) 6th Regiment Alabama Cavalry, a Confederate regiment of the American Civil War; 6th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, a Confederate regiment of the American Civil War; 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, a Confederate regiment of the American Civil War