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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: War photography
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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to discard. Somearticles were absolutely necessary; much was entirely uselessand oftentimes unauthorized. In addition to his arms, which weighed not a little, thevolunteer cavalryman carried a huge box of cartridges and an-other of percussion caps; from his shoulder depended a haver-sack filled with rations, and to which was often attached notonly a tin cup but a coffee-pot. A canteen of water, a nose-bagof corn, a shelter tent, a lariat and picket pin, extra horse-shoes and nails, a curry-comb and brush, a set of gun-tools andcleaning materials, and saddle-bags filled with extra clothingbrought the weight of the trooper and his kit to a figure whichwas burdensome to an animal in even the best of condition.When to these articles of equipment were added an overcoat,extra blankets, additional boots, and the odds and ends of luxu-ries, which the recruit is wont to stow away surreptitiously, theresult was a lame and broken-down horse, hundreds of troopers f 62 1 uif/W ///, m & is ^ m
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BREAD AND COFFEE FOR THE CAVALRYMAN The mess-house for cavalry ordered to Washington.—In the field the cavalrymen were glad when they couldget the regular rations—bacon and hard bread. During the winter, in permanent camp, they occasionallyenjoyed the luxury of soft bread. But they were kept so constantly employed, reconnoitering the enemysposition, watching the fords of the Rappahannock, and engaged in almost constant skirmishing, even insevere winter weather while the infantry was being made comfortable in winter-quarters, that this mess-house was regarded as a sort of Mecca by the troopers sent to Washington to be organized and remounted.Soft bread was not the only luxury here, and when they rejoined their commands their comrades wouldlisten with bated breath to their thrilling stories of soup and eggs and other Lucullan delicacies. Therewas an army saying that it takes a good trooper to appreciate a good meal.

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