Sheridan's horse during most of the Civil War, Winchester was mounted and presented to the ... gelded and sold to the U.S. Army Cavalry on April 3, 1868, for $90. The bay, 925 pounds, standing 15 ...

An uneducated farm-boy who became the Civil War’s most brilliant cavalry officer, Nathan Bedford Forrest reportedly had 30 horses shot out from under him. Enlisting as a private in a mounted ...

But not anymore! Here are ten animals that had a profound impact on the Civil War: Horses were the backbone of the cavalry and artillery units. Their bravery and endurance were vital to both the ...

In the fall of 1864, both Union and Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley found themselves trapped in a cycle of violence and retribution deaths. The Civil War is filled with nuance, tragedy ...

The Civil War wasn't all large battles. The future of US special forces was inspired by Lincoln’s Union Scouts who fought ...

At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow ... pursued at different points by the black horse cavalry of Virginia. Retreat is a weak term to use when speaking of this disgraceful ...

A major reason Camp Lockett grew to 3,000 soldiers, and 5,000 horses, was a fear that the Japanese would use Mexico as a base ...

(WMBD) — Civil War veteran Pvt ... Clark enlisted at 19 in the Union Army’s 14th Illinois Cavalry regiment, working as a horse soldier. He died in 1919 on the first Armistice Day, now known ...

Clearly some soldiers preferred some types of guns over others while the horses pulling ... than the cavalry and infantry. Many of them came from skilled trades and large cities. This was largely due ...

Private William Clark was a Civil War Union veteran from Pontiac who died in ... William Clark was 19 when he enlisted in the ...