32nd Pennsylvania Cavalry

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1863-1865
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac
gptkbp:alumni Post-war gatherings
gptkbp:battleHonors gptkb:Appomattox
gptkb:Gettysburg
Wilderness
Cedar_Creek
gptkbp:branch Cavalry
gptkbp:casualties High during battles
gptkbp:celebrates Dedicated monuments
gptkbp:commandStructure Regimental structure
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1863
gptkbp:conservationEfforts Historical societies
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influenced Civil War narratives
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1865
gptkbp:descendant Families of veterans
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Cedar_Creek
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
Battle of Appomattox Court House
gptkbp:equipment Horses and rifles
gptkbp:finaleDate gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House
gptkbp:firstGeneration gptkb:Colonel_John_W._McCarter
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkbp:historicalContext Civil War era
gptkbp:historicalRecords Maintained_by_National_Archives
gptkbp:historicalResearch Subject of various studies
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Participated_in_major_battles_of_the_Civil_War
First_Pennsylvania_cavalry_regiment_formed_in_1863
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 32nd Pennsylvania Cavalry
gptkbp:legacy Contributed to Union victory
gptkbp:militaryRank 3 years
Voluntary
Many served post-war in various capacities
gptkbp:motto “The_Brave_and_the_Bold”
gptkbp:nickname The Bucktails
gptkbp:notable_member William_H._McCarter
gptkbp:notableFeature Colonel_William_H._McCarter
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:postWarCareer Some served in law enforcement
gptkbp:primaryMission Letters and diaries
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:Pennsylvania
Finding volunteers
gptkbp:reform 1864
gptkbp:role Cavalry operations
gptkbp:size Regiment
gptkbp:state gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkbp:training Camp Curtin
gptkbp:uniform Blue and yellow