Beschreibung
Armistead, Gene C. (2013). Horses and Mules in the Civil War: A Complete History with a Roster of More Than 700 War Horses. McFarland. 256 Seiten. ISBN 978-0786473632
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.
