Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC)

The song "Garry Owen" was popular in G. A. "Autie" Custer's 7th Cavalry (and we all know what happened to them). This tune was popular with another 19th Century military unit - name it.

Well, obviously, the Irish Brigade. [8)]

Lt. Gen. Walter
CO, Corcoran's Legion (2/VIII AoS, USA)
ACWGC

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Sorry, sir, incorrect. While it is an Irish tune, the Irish Brigade is not linked to it as markedly as the unit whose name I am seeking.

I hope it's not something obscure like "5th Royal Irish Lances" ... I would still have to vote for the Irish Brigade then. [:p]

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Damn you are good Dierk:

"Garry Owen", Gaelic for Owen's Garden, is an inn and pub near Limerick, Ireland, which was the favorite haunt of troopers from the Fifth Royal Irish Lancers. The rollicking drinking song "Garry Owen" was brought to the United States by ex-members of the Fifth Lancers who immigrated and later served in great numbers with the, then new, 7th Cavalry. The song caught on in the regiment and was a particular favorite of Custer's. Reportedly "Garry Owen" was the signal for the charge of the 7th Cavalry in its "victory" over the Cheyenne in the Battle of the Was****a in 1868. Regardless of some of the questionable practices of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, during the Indian Wars, the name and the song Garry Owen instills pride in members of the 7th Cavalry. Camp Garry Owen in Korea is most certainly the only installation on the roles of the United States Army that derives its name from an Irish Pub"

From the camp's website

Col Cox
NJM

Splendid scholarship, my hat's off to you, sir. However I seek another unit, more famous, not at all obscure, but still cavalry.

Well, I once heard the Rough Riders liked it, too ... but that would still fall under "obscure", as in fact most cavalry is in a way. [:D]

"Garry Owen" was a popular tune with the riders of the "Light Brigade" of Balaklava fame. Not a very lucky ditty for horsemen.

Ah, Mike, the name of that battle was W-a-s-h-i-t-a.[}:)]