| Horses and Mules in the Civil War: A Complete History with a Roster of More Than 700 War Horses Contributor(s): Armistead, Gene C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786473630 ISBN-13: 9780786473632 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States - Pets | Horses |
| Dewey: 973.742 |
| LCCN: 2013029776 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.00 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |