Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 12/17/2010
Captain George B. McClellan toured Europe with a military commission looking at new military tactics. He returned and developed a new modified cavalry saddle. In 1859, the U.S. War Department adopted the McClellan saddle. They remained the standard issue throughout the history of the horse cavalry...
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This buckskin coat was worn by Custer when he was Lieutenant Colonel with the 7th U. S. Cavalry i...
US army, military history, innovation, Army, History, Civil War, George, Army of the Potomac, Cavalry, McClellan, George, 1850s, Civil, cavalry, equipment, 1860s, Equipment, Army, Innovation, McClellan,, Military
Fleishman's depiction of the first Civil War battle relies on individual voices to give a human f...
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