New Jersey Butterfly Boys: The 3rd NJ Cavalry

House of the Good Shepherd 798 Willow Grove St., Hackettstown, NJ, United States

They were formed for the last year of the Civil War by an alcoholic ex-officer of the Union Army. Also known as the First American Hussars, the 3rd NJ Cavalry was supposed to entice young men to join a galloping, dashing, romantic unit. Clothed in orange-lined capes and gilt-trimmed hats, they were intended to charge [...]