Research Catalog

Title

Horses and mules in the Civil War : a complete history with a roster of more than 700 war horses / Gene C. Armistead.

Author

Armistead, Gene C., 1947-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2013.

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Details

Description

vii, 248 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

" Using firsthand accounts, 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 racing, mounted music and other themes are all addressed. "--

Subject

• United States. Cavalry > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
• Confederate States of America. Cavalry > History
• War horses > United States > History > 19th century
• Horses > United States > History > 19th century
• Mules > United States > History > 19th century
• Mules > History > United States > 19th century
• United States > Cavalry operations > Civil War, 1861-1865

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

For want of a horse (or mule) -- Recruiting the equines -- Costs, preferences, transportation and training -- Lost on the field of battle -- Lack of feed, bad roads and poor care -- Runaways, stampedes and Wauhatchie -- The lightning mule brigade -- Hippophagy -- Equines and morale -- War's end and remembrance -- The naming of Civil War equines -- Roster of Civil War equine veterans.

ISBN

• 9780786473632 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786473630 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013029776

OCLC

817595621

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library