The cavalry began as a county ... after Virginia seceded from the Union, Hickox said last week. It became Company A of the 4th Virginia Cavalry. The silk flag was converted, too, from a militia ...

The flag was among many made from the first federally approved design for Union cavalry units, in what's called a "swallow tail" design. In 1863, units began painting battle names on their guidons.

A rebel soldier with the 9th Virginia Cavalry was preparing to hand ... the enduring icon of the Confederacy. These flags were often destroyed by Union soldiers following a battle that went ...

Yeti had served with the Household Cavalry for a “magnificent” 18 ... As Yeti was extremely fast, he was chosen to carry the Union Flag, and was the last horse to leave the arena at full ...

He was shot and killed on the evening of April 8, 1865, in a skirmish with Union cavalry outside Appomattox ... Association of Appomattox. Tiny flags flap in the breeze along the row of 19 fading ...

Union County-Johnnie McDowell stood erect ... McDowell recently enlisted in the 102nd Cavalry. Although he has yet to be deployed, he joined his fellow Cavalry members during their Back From ...

William Maxwell, commanding a Patriot force of infantry and cavalry, ordered the newly ... and Stripes,” was based on the “Grand Union” flag — a banner carried by the Continental Army ...

During the Civil War, in 1863,Confederate prisoners of war agree to join forces with the Union Army in the common ... Proclamation.A company of Confederate Georgia cavalry POWs,under the command ...

Atop those flags are battle streamers ... but there were two corps of infantry following the Union cavalry. Outnumbered by the Union nearly three to one and his avenue of escape cut off, Lee ...

The Confederate cavalry was led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, while the Union cavalry was under the command of Gen. Alfred Pleasonton. The Battle of Brandy Station began and ended on the same day ...

House Republicans visited Union Station late Wednesday night and replaced the American flags anti-Israel protesters had burned and replaced with Palestinian flags earlier in the day. House Speaker ...

That title is “Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta — and Then Got Written Out of History.” It promises action and intrigue, and delivers plenty of both.