1st Cavalry Division Band
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The Army did not begin a formal program for determining lineage and honors until the 1920s. Before that time, considerable confusion existed within the Army about the accepted procedures and methods for determining the prior history of units and their entitlement to battle honors. With the demobilization of the Army following World War I, many distinguished units were lost from the rolls. To avert such problems in the future, the Historical Section of the Army War College assumed responsibility for maintaining historical information about Army units: thus lineage work began.

Today the Force Structure and Unit History Branch continues the work begun by the Historical Section of the Army War College. The branch maintains historical information on active and inactive units in all components - Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard, and prepares official Lineage and Honors Certificates. On the basis of research in primary and secondary material, the certificates outline the major organizational changes undergone by the unit and provide a list of the official battle honors (campaign credit and decorations) that the unit has earned. The information contained on the certificates is reformatted for publication in the Army Lineage Series

While it would take a book to recount the rich history brought about by the changes of each unit in the 1st Cavalry Division, an overall look at the major reorganizational elements of the Band Lineage presents a picture of an organization that was accustomed to fighting and brought strength from change.



1st Cavalry Division Band
Lineage

03 March 1855; Constituted as Band, Second Regiment of Cavalry.

December 1856; Organized at Camp Verde, Texas.

10 August 1861; Redesignated as Band, 5th Cavalry Regiment.

December 1866; Disbanded at Camp Sedgwick, Washington, DC.

1869; Reconstituted and reorganized at Camp Sedgwick, Washington, DC.

03 June 1945; Reorganized and redesignated as Band, 1st Cavalry Division.

01 September 1963; Consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division Trains, Korea.

01 July 1965; Transferred (less personnel and equipment) from Korea to Fort Benning, Georgia.

01 July 1965; Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Band, 11th Air Assault Division Support Command reorganized at Fort Benning, Georgia and redesigneted Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command.




The history of the 1st Cavalry Division Band recorded the following significant events occurring on the dates listed.



1st Cavalry Division Band
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1855
Constituted as Band, Second Regiment of Cavalry. (03 March)

1856
Organized at Camp Verde, Texas. (December)

1861
Redesignated as Band, 5th Cavalry Regiment. (10 August)

1866
Disbanded at Camp Sedgwick, Washington, DC. (December)

1869
Reconstituted and reorganized at Camp Sedgwick, Washington, DC.

1945
Reorganized and redesignated as Band, 1st Cavalry Division. (03 June)

1963
Consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division Trains, Korea. (01 September)

1965
Transferred (less personnel and equipment) from Korea to Fort Benning, Georgia. (01 July)

1965
Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Band, 11th Air Assault Division Support Command reorganized at Fort Benning, Georgia and redesigneted Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command. (01 July)





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