Resting Union Cavalry

by Gary Keesler

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Resting Union Cavalry

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Gary Keesler

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Photograph - Digital Art

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Resting Union Cavalry is going to need it because day 3 of the Gettysburg battle is in full swing and any drink of water or scrap of food is much needed.

Cavalry in the American Civil War was a branch of army service in a process of transition.

It suffered from emerging technology threats, difficult logistics, and sometimes misguided or inept commanders.

Nevertheless, it played important roles in many Civil War campaigns and earned its place alongside the infantry and artillery combat arms.

Cavalry were forces that fought principally on horseback, armed with carbines, pistols, and especially sabers.

Only a small percentage of Civil War forces met this definition primarily Union mounted forces in the Eastern Theater during the first half of the war.

Confederate forces in the East generally carried neither carbines nor sabers.

A few Confederate regiments in the Western Theater carried shotguns, especially early in the war.

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July 8th, 2014

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