2d Squadron
6th Cavalry
(The Fighting Sixth)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 January 2000
2d Squadron
6th Cavalry Lineage
Constituted 4 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 3d Cavalry
Redesignated 3 August 1861 as Company B, 6th Cavalry
Organized 16 August 1861 at Camp Scott, Pennsylvania
(Cavalry companies officially redesignated as troops in 1883)
(6th Cavalry assigned 15 August 1927 to the 3d Cavalry Division; relieved 1 December 1939 from assignment to the 3d Cavalry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 21 July 1942 as Troop E, 6th Cavalry, Mechanized
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1944 as Troop F, 6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop E, 6th Constabulary Squadron
Converted and redesignated 20 December 1948 as Company B, 6th Armored Cavalry
Reorganized and redesignated 24 June 1960 as Troop B, 6th Armored Cavalry
Inactivated 24 October 1963 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Activated 23 March 1967 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Inactivated 21 June 1973 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Redesignated 1 July 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 6th Cavalry, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Inactivated 30 May 1986 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Activated 16 July 1986 at Fort Hood, Texas
2d Squadron
6th Cavalry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Civil War: *Peninsula; *Antietam; *Fredericksburg; *Chancellorsville; *Gettysburg; *Wilderness; *Spotsylvania; *Cold Harbor; *Petersburg; *Shenandoah; *Appomattox; *Virginia 1862; *Virginia 1863; *Virginia 1864; *Virginia 1865; *Maryland 1863
Indian Wars: Comanches; Apaches; Pine Ridge; Oklahoma 1874; Texas 1874; Arizona 1876; *Arizona 1881; *Arizona 1882; New Mexico 1882; *Colorado 1884
War with Spain: *Santiago
China Relief Expedition: Streamer without inscription
Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription
Mexican Expedition: *Mexico 1916-1917
World War I: *Streamer without inscription
World War II: *Normandy; *Northern France; *Rhineland; *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe
Southwest Asia: *Defense of Saudi Arabia; *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; *Cease-Fire
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HARLANGE POCKET
*Valorous Unit Award for KUWAIT
*Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997