Thursday, June 30, 2011

Fourth Cavalry

Two battalions of the 4th cavalry have passed through Burlington on their way to St. Louis.  The Hawkeye says, “the regiment is full, composed of fine looking, able-bodied men, and is well equipped and uniformed.”

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, March 6, 1862, p. 2

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