Posted on Oct 17, 2015
Do you have a story of the old, Old Army to share? Here is one that I'd like to pass along.
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One of the great Army traditions is passing on stories of the "Old Army." In this vain, early this year I was contacted by fellow military historian and blogger Don Caughey, with whom I share an interest in the horse cavalry in general, and in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry in particular. Co-author of The 6th United States Cavalry in the Civil War and blog writer of Regular Cavalry in the Civil War, Don has been a continual go-to reference for primary source information on the frontier army’s mounted arm; he and I have swapped information on various cavalry officers and anecdotes for almost a decade. So it was not unusual that Don reached out to me with a book that he knew would peak my interest.
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COL Sam Russell I am a 4th generation cavalry man my great-grandfather was a cavalrymenin Fraz Josef's armuy, my grandfather chased Villa and my Dad was a horse cavalryman. My first assignment was to a Cav regret.
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I was once told a story about the origins of todays dress blue uniform. During the Indian wars Cav soldiers were issued a blue uniform. They would wrap the heavy blue blouse in the blanket so that it would be somewhat clean if they came into a town. As a result the pants became sun bleached while the blouse remained a darker blue. I have no idea if this is a fact but it sounds plausible.
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COL Sam Russell I just ordered 'Old Army Sketches'. My book source, abebooks.com had it for $40.57, w/no shipping cost. 'The Book Repository' in London, UK scans books printed before 1923 and prints to order from that perhaps imperfect scan.?
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CSM Charles Hayden
MAJ Hugh Blanchard My granddaddy was on the border early on. Grandmother had an Armadillo shell magazine basket. My father, at times claimed he was speaking Spanish to me. GF later did time in Russia w/ the 31st Inf's Polar Bears!
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MAJ Hugh Blanchard
Wow, that mission to Siberia was quite something....they earned their nickname on that one...
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CSM Charles Hayden
MAJ Hugh Blanchard Sorry, Major, I am aging. GF was in the 31st Polar Bears not the 32nd, who were the Buccaneers. I should know better; @ Camp Casey in 1954/55 the 31st was across the road from the 7th Signal Co! The 7th ID's, 17th Infantry Buffaloes were 10-15 Klics North, North East of Casey at the time. 17th Recon Plt spent a lot of time just off the ridgelines in the area and surreptitiously kept track of our Signal Co wire teams. The PSGs were acquainted, no harm nor reporting was done!
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CSM Charles Hayden
MAJ Hugh Blanchard Damn! I am aging Major, it was the 31st, the 32ndis the Buccaneers.! I was in the 7th ID in 1954/55. In Camp Casey, we in the 7th Signal Co were across the road from the 31st. The 17th Buffaloes were 15 klics NNE of Camp Casey. 17 Recon Plt did a lot of traveling just off the ridgelines in the area. They surreptitiously kept an over watch on our 7th Signal's wire teams. The PSGs were friends, no harm nor reporting of our activities was done.
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