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...staff. After the battle of Antietam, Colonel Lowell received the honor of carrying the captured flags to Washington. While fighting with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, he was wounded in the chest. Despite this wound he charged a village held by sharp-shooters at the head of his troop, receiving a fatal wound in the neck. General Sheridan said of Colonel Lowell "I never had to tell Colonel Lowell what to do. He had always seen it and done it before I told...
Hollister, Murchie and Bull of troop A, 1st U. S. Cavalry Volunteers, who sailed from Tampa on the transport "Yucatan," have been put in charge of the landing boat of their troop, positions of responsibility and danger if landing is attempted in the face of the enemy...
...Sayre, Jr., '98 has been appointed lieutenant of Troop C. of Arizona, First Regiment United States Volunteer Cavalry...
...exeriece of the cavalry in the Civil War proved the fallacy of the statement that the cavalry man seldom meets death on the field. In one battle the First Massachusetts Cavalry lost 186 men and officers out of a total of 300, and the experience of other cavalry troops was similar. Dr. Bowditch closed his lecture with a graphic account of army life. His troop seldom suffered from hunger, although the army rations were sometimes eaten under trying conditions. The individual should seek sleep and cleanliness as far as posible, and if not able to keep dry should at least...
...college men who are horsemen and who are interested informing a cavalry troop are requested to communicate with Percival Gassett, Boston Athletic Association...