Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

cavalry: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos

cavalry
Remington, Frederic: U.S. Cavalryman on Vidette
See All Images →

Related Topics and References

Topics

Key People

Portrait of U.S. military officer George Armstrong Custer by Mathew Brady, showing Custer in uniform with arms crossed and wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
George Armstrong Custer
United States military officer
Lithograph portrait of Joachim Murat in an elaborate military uniform with epaulettes and medals, facing forward with a neutral expression.
Joachim Murat
king of Naples
Jeb Stuart
Jeb Stuart
Confederate officer
Rupert, detail of a painting from the studio of Sir Peter Lely, c. 1670; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Prince Rupert
English commander
Henry Lee, portrait by Gilbert Stuart; in a private collection
Henry Lee
United States military officer
Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm, Freiherr von
Friedrich Wilhelm, baron von Seydlitz
Prussian general
default image
William Stephen Raikes Hodson
British cavalry leader
Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler
Confederate general
Chaffee, Adna R.
Adna R. Chaffee
American army officer