Do you have a story of the old, Old Army to share? Here is one that I'd like to pass along.

COL Sam Russell — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:07:27 -0400

One of the great Army traditions is passing on stories of the "Old Army." In this vain, early this year I was contacted by fellow military historian and blogger Don Caughey, with whom I share an interest in the horse cavalry in general, and in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry in particular. Co-author of The 6th United States Cavalry in the Civil War and blog writer of Regular Cavalry in the Civil War, Don has been a continual go-to reference for primary source information on the frontier army’s mounted arm; he and I have swapped information on various cavalry officers and anecdotes for almost a decade. So it was not unusual that Don reached out to me with a book that he knew would peak my interest.

read on at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/passing-along-story-old-army-sam-russell

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Oct 17 at 2015 9:20 AM

LTC Bink Romanick — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:20:59 -0400

COL Sam Russell I am a 4th generation cavalry man my great-grandfather was a cavalrymenin Fraz Josef's armuy, my grandfather chased Villa and my Dad was a horse cavalryman. My first assignment was to a Cav regret.

Response by CSM Charles Hayden made Oct 17 at 2015 10:52 AM

CSM Charles Hayden — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 10:52:33 -0400

COL Sam Russell Wow! Informative, well written, interesting and concluded w/ the author's name! Not a spare time endeavor, the 'story' demonstrates an affection for details of history.

Response by CSM Charles Hayden made Oct 17 at 2015 5:32 PM

CSM Charles Hayden — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 17:32:15 -0400

COL Sam Russell I just ordered 'Old Army Sketches'. My book source, abebooks.com had it for $40.57, w/no shipping cost. 'The Book Repository' in London, UK scans books printed before 1923 and prints to order from that perhaps imperfect scan.?

Response by MSG Alfred Aguilar made Oct 18 at 2015 12:51 AM

MSG Alfred Aguilar — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:51:39 -0400

I was once told a story about the origins of todays dress blue uniform. During the Indian wars Cav soldiers were issued a blue uniform. They would wrap the heavy blue blouse in the blanket so that it would be somewhat clean if they came into a town. As a result the pants became sun bleached while the blouse remained a darker blue. I have no idea if this is a fact but it sounds plausible.