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Well-Groomed Officers
13th New York Cavlary
Civil War
Taken from Photographic History of the Civil War Volume IV The
Cavalry , Francis Trevelyan Miller, editor-in-chief. New York: the
Trow Press, 1911. Page 61.
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Copyright, 1911, Patriot Pub. Co.
Many of the Federal cavalry officers were extremely precise in the matter of
dress, paying equal attention to their horses' equipment, in order to set a
good example to their men. Custer was a notable example. This photograph shows
full dress, fatigue dress, a properly equipped charger, an orderly, sentry,
cavalry sabres and the short cavalry carbine. Except for the absence of revolvers,
it is an epitome of the dress and equipment which the Federal Government supplied
lavishly to its troopers during the latter half of the war. At the outset,
the volunteer cavalrymen were required to supply their own horses, a proper
allowance being made for food and maintenance. In 1861, the Confederate cavalry
had no Colt's revolvers, no Chicopee sabers, and no carbines that were worth
carrying. Their arms were of the homeliest type and of infinite variety. This
photograph was taken in July, 1865, when Washington no longer needed watching.
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