Ironside (cavalry) and foot soldiers in Jo Walton's alternate history series the Small Change trilogy are named 'Ironsides'. Lawrence J. Epstein writes that the lyric "heaven is like Ironside's" in Bob Dylan's I Pity the Poor Immigrant refers to the puritanical view of religion shared by the followers of Cromwell. Ironside (cavalry) The Ironsides were troopers in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War. The name came from "Old Ironsides", one of Cromwell's nicknames. Cromwell first mustered a troop of cavalry (then referred to as "horse") at Huntingdon in Huntingdonshire,
20th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment it was consolidated with the 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry to form the 1st Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry; the new unit being mustered out a month later. 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment The 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry (181st Volunteers) was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army in the American Civil War. They were raised in Harrisburg and Philadelphia in 1863 and were commissioned for six months service. Most companies were sent to do guard duty. Soldiers such as Daniel Ernest were recruited in areas such as Perry County. Ernest would later join the 208th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and would suffer a slight wound at