. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . equipment of the cavalry forces of the army, and with the pro-viding of mounts and remounts. The inspection of horses forthe latter purpose was ordered to be made by experienced cav-alry officers, while the purchasing was under the direction ofofficers of the Quartermasters Department of the army. Under the general charge of the Cavalry Bureau, sixprincipal depots were established at Giesboro, District of Co-lumbia; St. Louis, Missouri; Greenville, Louisiana; Nashville,Tennessee; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Dela-ware,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . equipment of the cavalry forces of the army, and with the pro-viding of mounts and remounts. The inspection of horses forthe latter purpose was ordered to be made by experienced cav-alry officers, while the purchasing was under the direction ofofficers of the Quartermasters Department of the army. Under the general charge of the Cavalry Bureau, sixprincipal depots were established at Giesboro, District of Co-lumbia; St. Louis, Missouri; Greenville, Louisiana; Nashville,Tennessee; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Dela-ware, for the reception, organization, and discipline of cavalryrecruits, and for the collection, care, and training of horses. The principal depot was at Giesboro, District of Columbia,on the north bank of the Potomac, below Washington, andconsisted of a site of about six hundred and twenty-five acresfor which the Government paid a rental of six thousand dollarsper annum. Stables, stock-yards, forage-houses, storehouses,mess-houses, quarters, a grist-mill, a cha
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