Horses and Mules in the Civil War

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Beschreibung

Horses and mules served during the Civil War in greater number and suffered more casualties than the men of the Union and Confederate armies combined. Using firsthand accounts, this history addresses the many uses of equines during the war, the methods by which they were obtained, their costs, their suffering on the battlefields and roads, their consumption by soldiers, and such topics as racing and mounted music. The book is supplemented by accounts of the "Lightning Mule Brigade," the "Charge of the Mule Brigade," five appendices and 37 illustrations. More than 700 Civil War equines are identified and described with incidental information and identification of their masters.

Über den Autor

The late Gene C. Armistead was a veteran Marine officer of the Vietnam War and the author of several articles, essays and two books about the Civil War.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments ¿1

Introduction ¿3

¿1.¿For Want of a Horse (or Mule) ¿5

¿2.¿Recruiting the Equines ¿14

¿3.¿Costs, Preferences, Transportation and Training ¿26

¿4.¿Lost on the Field of Battle ¿39

¿5.¿Lack of Feed, Bad Roads and Poor Care ¿49

¿6.¿Runaways, Stampedes and Wauhatchie ¿67

¿7.¿The Lightning Mule Brigade ¿72

¿8.¿Hippophagy ¿82

¿9.¿Equines and Morale ¿87

10.¿War's End and Remembrance ¿95

11.¿The Naming of Civil War Equines ¿103

12.¿Roster of Civil War Equine Veterans ¿107

Appendices

A.¿Equine Colors and Marks ¿187

B.¿"Charge of the Mule Brigade"

C.¿"General Sheridan's Horse" by Bill Nye ¿190

D.¿"Here's Your Mule"

E.¿Locations of Civil War Equine Artifacts ¿194

Chapter Notes ¿196

Bibliography ¿217

Index ¿236

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786473632
ISBN-10:	0786473630
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Armistead, Gene C.
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Gene C. Armistead
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.08.2013
Gewicht:	0,492 kg