PS: For the flip side of Confederate cavalry action, I had an ancestor commanding mounted Texas cavalry (1st?) under Sibley in New Mexico. I'm sure he served well before and/or after that fiasco but reading up on it was like a 'Bullmoose meets F Troop' satire.
On both sides. On that campaign some Federal troops decided they would stamped a herd of cattle the Confederates had. They loaded up an old mule with percussion caps or something that would explode, lit a fuse, and beat the mule so it headed toward the cattle. However, the mule turned around and headed back toward the Federals. The Feds ran away like crazy before the mule blew up.
True story apparently.