Fresh on his mind were events of the past day when his whole regiment was destroyed in the hills.

The Americans lost forty-four men, among them Major Joseph Morris of Morgan's regiment, an officer who was regarded with high esteem and affection, not only by his commander, but by Washington and Lafayette as well.

In his absence, the rifle regiment was under the command of Major Thomas Posey, another able Virginian.

The truth is, however, that when Mel Chandler first reported to the regiment the only steed he had ever ridden was a swivel chair and the only weapon he had ever wielded was a pencil.

Sergeant Early let the new CO know just how lucky he was to be in the best troop in the best regiment in the United States Army.

But what made the load lighter was the realization that every officer, non-com and trooper was ready and willing to help him carry it, for the good of the troop and the regiment.

It was no coincidence that Goulding was one of the most beloved platoon leaders in the regiment.

When the Korean war began, on June 25, 1950, the anniversary of the day Custer had gone down fighting at the Little Big Horn and the day the regiment had assaulted the beachhead of Leyte during World War 2,, the 7th Cavalry was not in the best fighting condition.

The regiment was dug in on the east side of the river and the North Koreans were steadily building up a concentration of crack troops on the other side.

For an instant his men hesitated, unable to believe that their lieutenant, the most popular officer in the regiment, was dead.

So filled was Mel Chandler with the spirit of Garryowen that after Korea was over, he took on the job of writing the complete history of the regiment.

Although it was at the Battle of The Little Horn, about which more words have been written than any other battle in American history, that the 7th Cavalry first made its mark in history, the regiment was ten years old by then.

In 1703, Alexei was ordered to follow the army to the field as a private in a bombardier regiment.

After graduation and a brief sojourn at the Military School of Paris Napoleon applied for second-lieutenancy in the artillery regiment of La Fère at Valence and after a time was given the position.

The regiment was in Auxonne when the revolution broke out in the summer of 1789.

After a brief return to his regiment Napoleon was promoted to First Lieutenant and came home again on leave in 1791.

After acquiring an initial fleet of utility and transport aircraft, the squadron was attached to an interarmy support regiment.

De la Colonie, with his Grenadiers Rouge regiment, together with the Cologne Guards who were brigaded with them, was now ordered forward from his post south of Ramillies to support the faltering counter-attack on the village.

Borthwick was killed, as was Charles O ’ Brien, the Irish Viscount Clare in French service, fighting at the head of his regiment.

Allen went to Ticonderoga to join Schuyler, while Warner and others raised the regiment.

When the regimental companies in the Grants had been raised, they held a vote in Dorset to determine who would command the regiment.

Shields were the property of the king ; they were stored in specialised structures, raised off the ground for protection from vermin, when not issued to the relevant regiment.

Davis resigned his house seat in June and raised a volunteer regiment, the Mississippi Rifles, becoming its colonel.

The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists.

Abercromby returned to Europe, and, in reward for his important services, was appointed colonel of the regiment of Scots Greys, entrusted with the governments of the Isle of Wight, Fort-George and Fort-Augustus, and raised to the rank of lieutenant-general.

This was a new regiment yet to be raised, and Sherman's first command was actually of a brigade of three-month volunteers, at the head of which he became one of the few Union officers to distinguish himself at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, where he was grazed by bullets in the knee and shoulder.

Stand Watie, the leader of the Ridge Party, raised a regiment for Confederate service in 1861.

In 1671, plug bayonets were issued to the French regiment of fusiliers then raised.

They were issued to part of an English dragoon regiment raised in 1672 and disbanded in 1674, and to the Royal Fusiliers when raised in 1685.

In 1838 a third battalion was raised, and the regiment thus formed was commanded by Major de Lamoriciere.

This unit traces its history back to a Guards regiment raised in 1659 and is made up predominantly of one year volunteers.

* In Portugal, a Swiss regiment was raised by the Count of Lippe on June 12, 1762.

During the American Civil War, his church raised and equipped a volunteer infantry regiment.

The question is also raised as to whether it is healthy to develop soldiers more loyal to their regiment than to the military in general.

He raised a regiment, the 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and was appointed its colonel on May 2, 1861.

Also, possibly the first time in Asia, and even the only time outside the USSR, a women's regiment, the Rani of Jhansi regiment was raised as a combat force.

Additionally, a further regiment, 11 Gorkha Rifles, was raised.

Such actions were similar to those for which the regiment was raised 250 years earlier.

Such was the demand that the single battalion became two in 1740 ( the 1st Regiment ), three battalions in 1744, four in 1767 ( forming a 2nd Regiment ) and in 1776 a third regiment ( 5th and 6th Battalions ) was raised.

The regiment was captured by the Americans and only a small number returned to Germany, where some formed part of a newly raised 5th Battalion ( 1784 ).

Each Imperial Guard regiment is raised from a single world and numbers between 500 and 750, 000 fighting soldiers, supported by a huge array of light and heavy armoured vehicles.

In order to boost the relatively small British army, a number of units were raised by prominent figures, and Sandwich served in the regiment formed by Bedford.