Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 March 2011
113th ARMY BAND
(DRAGOONS)
Organized in July 1840 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as the Band, 1st Regiment of Dragoons
Redesignated 3 August 1861 as the Band, 1st Cavalry
Redesignated in 1914 as the Band Section, Headquarters Troop, 1st Cavalry
Redesignated in 1921 as the Band Section, Service Troop, 1st Cavalry
Separated 8 July 1927 from the Service Troop and redesignated as the Band,
1st Cavalry
Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1940 as the Band, 1st Armored Regiment, Light
Disbanded 1 December 1943 in Italy
Reconstituted 21 March 1956 in the Regular Army as the 113th Army Band
Activated 10 April 1956 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Indian Wars
Modocs
Bannocks
Pine Ridge
Colorado 1855
Civil War
Peninsula
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Shenandoah
Appomattox
Virginia 1862
Virginia 1863
Virginia 1864
Virginia 1865
Maryland 1863
War with Spain
Santiago
Philippine Insurrection
Luzon 1901
Luzon 1902
World War II
Algeria-French Morocco
Tunisia
Naples-Foggia
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History