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Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry 1863 old New York map The Lunar Mechanica — AArmory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry 1863 a documentary engraving of the oldest mounted unit in continuous service, rendered in the third year of the war when its sabers and stalls had become both heirloom and instrument. The drillyard hush of an institution older than the Republic, pressed into the country's bloodiest decade. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of