Meanings of general of the cavalry in English

He wore the uniform of colonel- general of the cavalry of the guard.

I was appointed assistant inspector- general of the cavalry and horse artillery of the army of Northern Virginia.

The latter was my field comrade, and is at present commander- general of the cavalry of Hesse Cassel.

He appointed his brother Gonzalo lieutenant- general of his army, and Alonso Alvarado maestre de campo, or major- general of the cavalry.

Five squadrons of cavalry, to be selected by the commanding general of the cavalry division, in accordance with instructions previously given.

Five squadrons of cavalry, to be selected by the commanding general of the cavalry division, in accordance with instruction previously given.

The commissary- general of the cavalry has come in, too, with a good lot of the troops that had been encamped in the open country.

He had afterward been master-of-camp of the port of Callao in Perú, and captain- general of the cavalry of that kingdom, and lastly governor of Panamá.

'Sir van Ginkel, Lt.- General of the Cavalry of the United Netherlands, in the service of his Highness, the Prince of Orange, etc.