6th Cavalry
(The Fighting Sixth)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 January 2000
6th Cavalry Lineage
Constituted 4 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3d Cavalry
Organized 18 June 1861 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Redesignated 3 August 1861 as the 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 the 6th Cavalry, Mechanized
Regiment broken up 1 January 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Cavalry Group, Mechanized
1st and 2d Squadrons as the 6th and 28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons, Mechanized, respectively
After 1 January 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Cavalry Group, Mechanized,
converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop,
6th Constabulary Regiment
Redesignated 2 February 1948 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Troop,
6th Constabulary Regiment
6th and 28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons, Mechanized, converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as the 6th and 28th Constabulary Squadrons, respectively
Above units converted and redesignated 20 December 1948 as the 6th Armored Cavalry (Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Troop, 6th Constabulary Regiment, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Armored Cavalry; 6th and 28th Constabulary Squadrons as the 1st and 2d Battalions, 6th Armored Cavalry, respectively)
(Battalions and companies redesignated 24 June 1960 as squadrons and troops, respectively)
Regiment inactivated 24 October 1963 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Activated 23 March 1967 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Inactivated (less 1st Squadron) 31 March 1971 at Fort George
G. Meade, Maryland
(1st Squadron inactivated 21 June 1973 at Fort Bliss, Texas)
Reorganized and redesignated 22 June 1973 as the 6th Cavalry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 July 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
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