Talk:Cavalry Corps (ACW)

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This article needs to be reconsidered. There were six Cavalry Corps in the Union Armies, not two:

1. Military Division of the Mississippi
2. Army of the Cumberland
3. Army of the Ohio
4. Army of the Potomac
5. Army of the Shenandoah
6. Military Division of West Mississippi (earlier named District of West Tennessee)

Since describing all six would be pretty cumbersome for a single article, I would recommend including the cavalry information in the articles about the armies, not separately. Unlike the infantry corps, which sometimes moved around from army to army, and therefore have separate identities, these cavalry corps were dedicated to specific armies. Just a suggestion. Hal Jespersen 18:50, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, most of what you call "corps" were really division-sized units. In the Western armies, no official cavalry corps existed until the indicated date.

And the Army of the Shenandoah cavalry was really the Army of the Potomac's.