Community leaders and veterans are reacting to the planned disbanding of the 1st Cavalry Division’s half-century-old Horse ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

The British Army alone lost over 484,000 horses—one for every two men killed. Australian Light Horse regiments conducted one of history’s last successful cavalry charges at the Battle of Beersheba in ...

The British Army alone lost over 484,000 horses—one for every two men killed. Australian Light Horse regiments conducted one of history’s last successful cavalry charges at the Battle of Beersheba in ...

At the Battle of Vienna 1683 King Jan III Sobieski led a massive united charge towards the Ottomans. This was the largest cavalry charge in history, with about 18,000 horsemen involved and while ...

Former military defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, aka "Fat Leonard," was sentenced for masterminding one of the biggest bribery and corruption scandals in U.S. military history.

In fact, cavalry was used more in World War II than is often believed, and in that context, the last charge involving U.S. cavalry took place, marking the end of an era immortalized by cinema. This ...

As of Saturday, Oct. 5, there are 303 horses entered in the Thoroughbred Makeover. Of that group, 13 are graded stakes horses, including grade 1 winner Decorated Invader and grade 3 winner Cavalry ...

That title is “Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta — and Then Got Written Out of History.” It promises action and intrigue, and delivers plenty of both.