First Regiment Cavalry organization
also: Baker's Rangers
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Lafayette Baker headed
First Regiment Cavalry documented
document
“In June of 1863 Baker gained an open commission in the army with the rank of colonel the opportunity to wear the Union uniform and command of a military police force he had sought for some time…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.45
Edwin Stanton founded
First Regiment Cavalry documented
document
“After much pressuring from Baker Stanton agreed to establish the troop utilizing authority entitling the District of Columbia to a battalion of infantry and cavalry for use within its confines…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.45
First Regiment Cavalry located_in
Washington, D.C. documented
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“Placed under the direct authority of the Secretary of War the First Regiment Cavalry known as Baker's Rangers consisted ironically of recruits from Robert E Lee's former command the Second Dragoons renamed the Second Regular United States C…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.45