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* The appearance of cavalry forces is virtually guaranteed in Western fiction.
* In ''The [[Good The]] [[Bad And The Ugly]],'' Blondie and Tuco encounter a Confederate cavalry officer, who turns out to be a Union cavalry officer after brushing the gray dust off his uniform. He is not amused.
* ''[[Dances
* ''[[The Burrowers]]'' includes perhaps the most brutally sadistic and completely oblivious Cavalry Officer since Custer himself.
* Many of John Ford's films feature different types of Cavalry Officers:
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* ''[[Deadwood]]'' includes an episode with an arrogant Cavalry Officer on his way to avenge Custer. Almost everyone in town requests a favor of him, and he is not amused.
* Captain Love in ''[[The Mask of Zorro]]'' is a twisted example, partially based on the director's vision of a young Custer.
* George Armstrong Custer's life and death became the subject of several films, including e. g. ''They Died With Their Boots On'' and ''[[
* 'Ole Devil' Hardin in the ''Ole Devil Hardin'' series (set during the Texan war of Independence) and his nephew Dusty Fog in the ''Civil War'' series (set during the [[American Civil War]]); both written by [[
== Other Genres ==
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* [[Flashman|Harry Flashman]] buys a commission as a cavalry officer shortly after being expelled from Rugby and spends most of his career more or less in that service. He displays most of the lifestyle traits, as do many of his comrades.
* Cavalry officers show up from time to time in the ''[[Sharpe]]'' series; they usually show contempt for the title character, an infantry officer who worked his way up from being a common soldier.
* John Carter of [[John Carter of Mars|the Barsoom Cycle]] of books and...''[[John Carter (
* ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' presents us with two modern flavors of this: The helicopter pilots, lead by Major Bruce "[[Nom De Guerre|Snake Shit]]" Crandall go so far as to wear [[Custom Uniform|Custom Uniforms]] complete with the classic western Stetson hats. Meanwhile, the "Air Cav" ground troops are lead by Lt. Colonel Hal Moore, a paratrooper who believes that an officer's place in battle is at the front of his mean, "where the metal meets the meat." Both of course, were [[Real Life]] military officers.
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