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Cavalry horse prices varied throughout the war; in 1861 the maximum government price for cavalry horses was $119. However, relentless military demand caused prices to continually increase and by 1865 prices hovered near $190 per head.
Cavalry Missouri State Militia 3 Men, 3 Total 2 Officers, 35 Men, 37 Total None 40 Merrill's Horse None 5 Men, 5 Total 19 Men, 19 Total 24 5th Cavalry Missouri State Militia 5 Men, 5 Total 6 Men, 6 Total 4 Men, 4 Total 15 13th Missouri Cavalry None 4 Officers, 4 Total None 4 7th Kansas Cavalry None 1 Men, 1 Total None 1 17th Illinois Cavalry None
Horse killed at the Battle of Perryville: Dolly: William T. Sherman: Sherman's secondary horse Don Juan [1] George Armstrong Custer: One of Custer's secondary horses Duke: William T. Sherman: In a letter in 1888, Sherman wrote that his favorite horse throughout the war was the one he rode in Atlanta: Egypt: Ulysses S. Grant: One of many ...
Horse Cavalry detachment of the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry, demonstrating equipment and tactics of the 1880s. Although the Cavalry Bureau ceased to function before the end of the War, the need for remounts did not end with Lee's surrender in 1865. With 10 cavalry regiments in the Regular Army, the decision was made to return to the contract system ...
Price's Missouri Expedition (August 29 – December 2, 1864), also known as Price's Raid or Price's Missouri Raid, was an unsuccessful Confederate cavalry raid through Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
The 13th Missouri Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry unit that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.In early April 1863, Captain Robert C. Wood, aide-de-camp to Confederate Major General Sterling Price, was detached to form an artillery unit from some of the men of Price's escort.
The 4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry unit of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The 4th Regiment was formed by combining various cavalry companies into one consolidated regiment in the autumn of 1862. [ 1 ]
The 47th Arkansas Infantry (Mounted) (1864–1865) was a Confederate Army Mounted Infantry regiment during the American Civil War.While authorized by the State Military Board as an infantry regiment, the unit was mounted for Price's Missouri Expedition and was officially designated as mounted infantry.