Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Horses used for a Civil War Reenactment

The Civil War  1861-1865

Field artillery was used extensively to soften an objective for the infantry.  Actually, it frightened and demorailized (should be demoralized) more men than it killed or wounded.  Only 20% of battle casualties can be attributed to the artillery.  Shown here, in an artillery demonstration, is a six-horse team pulling a field cannon and limber. (I believe 'limber' is the wheeled card that carries the cannon it has a box built on it to hold the balls the cannon fires)
2008

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