[Gen'l Info] Cavalry

Posted By: John Grey
Date: Sunday, 27 July 2003 1845 hrs. EDT

I am looking for information on tactical cavalry formations. Specifically, what formations were used by cavalry at the company, platoon and squad level when assaulting massed infantry (assuming modern age - i.e. percussion weapons).

I am also curious as to how much ground cavalry scouts could cover in a day, how many hours a day a scout could ride his horse before resting himself and the mount and what the average daily number of miles were that could be travelled by a scout at maximum endurance. This is assuming that the scout does not have access to fresh horses.

Thank you for you time and knowledge,

John Grey

Messages In This Thread

• [Gen'l Info] Cavalry -- John Grey -- Sunday, 27 July 2003 1845 hrs. EDT
  • Re: [Gen'l Info] Cavalry -- James B. Ronan II -- Tuesday, 29 July 2003 0646 hrs. EDT
    • Re: [Gen'l Info] Cavalry -- Pat Holscher -- Friday, 5 September 2003 0009 hrs. EDT