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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.
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 ...
The 1st Battalion of Native Cavalry, California Volunteers was a cavalry battalion in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Recruits were largely drawn from the Californio population (colloquially known as "Native Californians"), though its ranks included Yaqui and Mission Indians as well as immigrants from Mexico, Hispano America and Europe (particularly France).
The California State Military Museum; 1st Regiment of Cavalry, California Volunteers; Records of California men in the war of the rebellion 1861 to 1867 By California. Adjutant General's Office, SACRAMENTO: State Office, J. D. Young, Supt. State Printing. 1890. pp.68-167
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 ...
New Almaden Cavalry, Company K, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade. New Almaden, 1864–1866 [83] San Jose Volunteers, San Jose, 1861 Became Company D, 1st Regiment California Volunteer Infantry [84] Redwood Cavalry, Company E, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade. McCarthysville, 1863–1866; San Jose Zouaves, Company H, 1st Artillery Regiment ...
Troopers in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment assembled in the Parade Square at Hyde Park Barracks to take part in an annual event to find the best turned out soldier and horse.
5th California Infantry Regiment: November 1861 – December 14, 1864 6th California Infantry Regiment: October 21, 1862 – December 20, 1865 7th California Infantry Regiment: December 1864 – June 28, 1866 8th California Infantry Regiment: November 17, 1864 – October 24, 1865 1st California Cavalry Battalion: March 1863 – April 2, 1866