Dragoons At The Jefferson Barracks

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Title: Dragoons At The Jefferson Barracks
Creator(s): Saint Louis Globe-Democrat
Content Type: picture
Subject(s): Barracks
Infantry.
Dragoons
Geographic Area: Saint Louis (Mo.)
Jefferson Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Description: Congress, after the Black Hawk War, ordered a regiment of "dragoons" added to the military establishment. Accordingly, the First Cavalry, which won undying fame in the West, was established at the Barracks in 1833. Cavalry units expanded with the frontier and it was 1878 before "horse troops" returned to the Barracks. Photo shows cavalry stables there in the 1890s.
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Classification: M112-STLSubject-JeffersonBarracks-041.tif
Owner: St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis