The 2nd Mounted Division was a yeomanry (Territorial Army cavalry) division that served in the First World War.

In his youth, he spent eighteen months in the British Army cavalry during the Second Boer War.

Remnants of Army cavalry fell back into Austria; 22 thousand men surrendered to Western allies, bringing with them 16 thousand horses.

John D. Imboden, (1823-1895), born in Augusta County, member of the Virginia General Assembly, Confederate Army cavalry general and partisan fighter in the American Civil War.

John Mansel (1729-1794) was a British Army cavalry general killed at the Battle of Beaumont.

Mr. Emerson, who has contributed heavily to the collection on display, was one of the last trainees in the regular Army cavalry.

He served as a lieutenant in the German Army cavalry during World War I before transferring to the flying corps in 1917 and training as a pilot.

With the help of his well-connected second wife, Gene Tierney, he extricated himself from the Coast Guard and transferred to the Army cavalry.

With the outbreak of the Civil War, Lee was commissioned as a captain in the Confederate Army cavalry and was soon promoted to major.