Major General James G. Blunt

The U.S. Army's 63rd Cavalry Division, Organized Reserve, was created from the perceived need for additional cavalry units. It numbered in succession of the Regular Army Divisions, which were not all active at its creation.

The 63rd Cavalry Division was located in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The division was composed of personnel from Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, & Colorado.

Organization

• Headquarters & Headquarters Troop
• 155th Brigade
  • 309th Cavalry Regiment
  • 310th Cavalry Regiment
• 156th Brigade
  • 311th Cavalry Regiment
  • 312th Cavalry Regiment
• 863rd Field Artillery Regiment
• 463rd Tank Company
• 63rd Signal Troop
• 583rd Ordnance Company
• 463rd Quartermaster Squadron
• 463rd Armored Car Squadron
• 403rd Engineer Squadron
• 363rd Medical Squadron

See also

• United States Army branch insignia
• List of armored and cavalry regiments of the United States Army

References

• U.S. Army Order of Battle 1919–1941, Volume 2. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919–41 by Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Steven E. Clay, Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2011
• Maneuver and Firepower, The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades, by John B. Wilson, Center of Military History, Washington D.C., 1998
• Cavalry Regiments of the U S Army by James A. Sawicki Wyvern Pubns; June 1985
• ”[1], The Trading Post, Journal of the American Society of Military Insignia Collectors, April- June 2009, page 21

External links

• Formations of the United States Army