. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . AMERICAN LANCERS—THE SIXTH PENNSYLVANIA Few people have heard that there was an American regiment of lancers in 61-63. Colonel Richard Rushs regiment, the Sixth Penn-sylvania, attempted to fight in this European fashion during the great conflict in which so much was discovered about the art of Pennsylvanians carried the lance from December, 1801, until May, 186:5, when it was discarded for the carbine, as being imsuitedto the wooded coimtry tif Airginia throug
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . AMERICAN LANCERS—THE SIXTH PENNSYLVANIA Few people have heard that there was an American regiment of lancers in 61-63. Colonel Richard Rushs regiment, the Sixth Penn-sylvania, attempted to fight in this European fashion during the great conflict in which so much was discovered about the art of Pennsylvanians carried the lance from December, 1801, until May, 186:5, when it was discarded for the carbine, as being imsuitedto the wooded coimtry tif Airginia through which the command operated. The regiment was organized in Philadelphia by ColonelRichard H. Rush, August to October. 1861, and was composed of the best blood in that aristocratic city. The usual armament ofFederal volunteer cavalry regiments at the outset of the war consisted of a saber and a revolver. .\t least two squadrons, consistmgof four troops of from eighty-two to a hundred men, were armed with rifles and carbines. Later, all ca\alry regiments were suppliedwith single-shot carbines, the decreased length and we
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