Here’s another in my series of infrequent tributes to forgotten
cavalrymen. Most of them have been to men who should be
remembered but aren’t, for whatever reason. This time, for a
change, we’re going to focus on someone who has been forgotten
for very good reason. He did next to nothing worth remembering,
other than that his story is interesting. Hence, I decided to
profile him. Napoleon Bonaparte Knight was born in Dover,
Delaware on December 7, 1840. He was born into one of the
leading families of Delaware. He grew up in Dover, but was
educated at Union College in Schenectady, New York, graduating
in 1860 languages, medicine, and law. He was a member of the
Theta Chapter of Phi Upsilon Fraternity. After graduation, he
accepted a position as a professor of languages at a prominent
Southern college, but, with the secession crisis brewing, it was
obvious that he would not last long there. Instead, he returned
to Delaware, where he continued his legal training under the
auspices of George P. Fisher, a prominen