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Author:   Gene C. Armistead
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9780786473632

ISBN 10:   0786473630
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   09 September 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

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

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meticulously sourced and nicely illustrated...an eye-opener for all Civil War history buffs...highly recommended --<i>Library Journal</i>; valuable...highly recommended --<i>Civil War News</i>; a very interesting and useful work --<i>Civil War Talk</i>; this is a very useful work for anyone with an interest in the Civil War or the management of horseflesh in warfare --<i>The NYMAS Review</i>.

"""meticulously sourced and nicely illustrated...an eye-opener for all Civil War history buffs...highly recommended""--Library Journal; ""valuable...highly recommended""--Civil War News; ""a very interesting and useful work""--Civil War Talk; ""this is a very useful work for anyone with an interest in the Civil War or the management of horseflesh in warfare""--The NYMAS Review."

“meticulously sourced and nicely illustrated...an eye-opener for all Civil War history buffs...highly recommended”—Library Journal; “valuable...highly recommended”—Civil War News; “a very interesting and useful work”—Civil War Talk; “this is a very useful work for anyone with an interest in the Civil War or the management of horseflesh in warfare”—The NYMAS Review.

meticulously sourced and nicely illustrated...an eye-opener for all Civil War history buffs...highly recommended --Library Journal; valuable...highly recommended --Civil War News; a very interesting and useful work --Civil War Talk; this is a very useful work for anyone with an interest in the Civil War or the management of horseflesh in warfare --The NYMAS Review.

Author Information

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.

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