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Ninth Regiment Cavalry
The charge of the gallant Weber at Falling Water struck terror to rebel hearts, where with the 6th Michigan Cavalry he dashed on and over rebel earthworks, capturing almost the entire infantry brigade of General Pettigrew. The day had come ¦when the advance of cavalry to the front was a sure indication of a coming engagement.
The 9th, so far as its principal officers, was the immediate offspring of the 1st Cavalry, that gallant regiment, early in the field, so noted in history for daring and brave deeds. Its successful charges throughout the war, especially at Gettysburg against a whole rebel brigade, are now cited in cavalry instruction (tactics) as exemplary, worthy of being followed by the entire cavalry service of the day.
Civil War
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