. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . A THOUSAND FEDERAL CAVALRY HORSES Lovers of horses will , in tliis plioto^riipli of ISCU, the cliaractcrisl ic rii<n(lly in wiiicli tin-cavalry iiioiitils arc jiatlicrini; in drv]) coninninion. Ilic nnnurous j^roups of liorscs in llic corrals ol liicgreat depot at (Jiesboro, D. C., arc apparently holding a series of conferences on I licir prospcHls in llic comingbattles. Presently all those who are in <ondilion will nvsolvc llicnisclxcs int
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . A THOUSAND FEDERAL CAVALRY HORSES Lovers of horses will , in tliis plioto^riipli of ISCU, the cliaractcrisl ic rii<n(lly in wiiicli tin-cavalry iiioiitils arc jiatlicrini; in drv]) coninninion. Ilic nnnurous j^roups of liorscs in llic corrals ol liicgreat depot at (Jiesboro, D. C., arc apparently holding a series of conferences on I licir prospcHls in llic comingbattles. Presently all those who are in <ondilion will nvsolvc llicnisclxcs into a coniniittce of the wholeand go off to war, whence llicy will return here only for hos])ilal Irealnicnt. The corrals at (;iesI)oro couldeasily contain a thousand liorses, and they were never overcrowded. It was not imlil llic true \ahic ot. •TALKING IT OVER cavalry was discovered, from the experience of the first two years of warfare, that this great depot was es-tabHshed, but it was most efficiently handled. Giesboro was a great teacher in regard to the care ofhorses. Cavalrymen learned what to guard against. The knowledge was acquired partly from field service,but in a great measin-e from the opportunity for leisurely oliservation, an opportunity somewhat analo-gous to that of a physician in a great metropolitan hospital where every kind of a physical problemhas to be solved.
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