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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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WITH THE FARRIERS OF THE FEDER.\L CAVALRY
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COPVRIGMT 1911, REVIErt uF REviErti LO- These photographs were made at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac in August, 1863, the monthfollomng the battle of Gettysburg, where the cavalry had fully demonstrated its value as an essential andefficient branch of the service. Every company of cavalry had its own farrier, enlisted as such. Thesemen not only had to know all about the shoeing of horses, but also had to be skilled veterinary surgeons,such as each regiment has at the present day, coming next in pay to a second Heutenant. Plainlyvisible are the small portable anvil on an overturned bucket and the business-like leather aprons of themen. An army marches upon its stomach, but cavalry marches upon its horses feet, which must becared for. In the larger photograph the men have e\idently just become aware that their pictures arebeing taken. In the smaller exposure in the corner, the man holding the horse on the right has faced aboutto show off his horse to the best advantage; th

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