THE CAVALRY

J.W.Comfort,congressional Medal Of Honor recipient

Enlisted man with the 1881 pattern blue shirt,note his overcoat lies on a stand at his right




Arizona,1870s

8th cavalry at Fort Meade,1892







On parade




At stable




At target practice




At rest in camp




At rest in barracks

Troop E 7th Cavalry, albumen image mounted on slight larger cardstock with Barry's Bismarck and Standing Rock imprint on verso. With inked manuscript identification -- in French -- from Louis Douvenoy, a member of Co E. Presumably writing to his girlfriend, he indicates that the photograph shows his company at Fort Sill, I.T. preparing to depart for Fort Yates. N.D.

A fine image for not only 7th collectors, but for military historians. The troopers pose with M1884 trapdoor carbines with a metal pistol grip that did not come into widespread use until about 1886, their slings, however, are still of the old-style used in the Civil War.



7th U.S. Cavalry in Atlanta
Early silver print, marked in plate Horse Show Atlanta Oct. 14th 1903 Detachment U.S. 7 Cav., showing the detachment standing atop their mounts with drawn sabers, except the two officers in front who are seated on horseback.

Cavalry drill

Un peu de drill!!