Governor's Horse Guard

The Governor's Horse Guard of Connecticut are a unit of the State Defense Forces. They consist of two companies.

History[]

The First Company was created in 1788 as the Independent Volunteer Troop of Horse Guards in Hartford.^[1] A second company was created in 1808 in New Haven.^[2] Both were created to serve and protect the governor between his travels between New Haven and Hartford.^[3]

Notes[]

↑ http://www.cslib.org/agencies/governorshorseguard1stco.htm
↑ pp. 4-5 Katcher, Phillip & Volstad, Ron American Civil War Armies: Volunteer Militia 1989 Osprey Publishing
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/11/nyregion/horse-guard-to-settle-in-newtown.html

External links[]

First Company website http://www.govhorseguards.org/
Second Company website http://www.thehorseguard.org/

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[1] ttp://www.cslib.org/agencies/governorshorseguard1stco.htm

[2] . 4-5 Katcher, Phillip & Volstad, Ron American Civil War Armies: Volunteer Militia 1989 Osprey Publishing

[3] ttp://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/11/nyregion/horse-guard-to-settle-in-newtown.html

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