Cavalry question

[Capt7thWvCoA]

Good afternoon everyone. I have a question for all the cavalrymen out there. At any point in the war , did dismounted cavalry fight in a two ranks deep battleline like the Infantry did ? I doubt they did but I could be wrong .

 

[captaindrew]

Good afternoon everyone. I have a question for all the cavalrymen out there. At any point in the war , did dismounted cavalry fight in a two ranks deep battleline like the Infantry did ? I doubt they did but I could be wrong .

Generally no, would be hard to do with carbines. Much of the dismounted tactics are similar to infantry skirmish drill.

 

[johan_steele]

Good afternoon everyone. I have a question for all the cavalrymen out there. At any point in the war , did dismounted cavalry fight in a two ranks deep battleline like the Infantry did ? I doubt they did but I could be wrong .

In the cases were cavalry units lost their horses they might be armed as infantry and find their cavalry specific arms used to up arm other horses. Both the US & CS had units that swapped back and forth several times being utilized as infantry when they had no horses. That is the only situation I can think of where a cavalry unit would have been working like an infantry unit.

 

[tony_gunter]

Good afternoon everyone. I have a question for all the cavalrymen out there. At any point in the war , did dismounted cavalry fight in a two ranks deep battleline like the Infantry did ? I doubt they did but I could be wrong .

Half the Confederate cavalry in the Vicksburg theater of operations served as infantry using infantry tactics! Or did you mean, specifically, dismount, fight as infantry, then remount and ride away?