Animal Histories of the Civil War Era (Earl J. Hess - A) Section-Pre Civil War and the ritual of Memorial

and the ritual of Memorial Day

The struggle over the fortified Confederate position known as Spotsylvania's Mule Shoe was without parallel during the Civil War

in contrast

Lang shows how the intellectual

Paul Ringel (Contributor)

Animal Histories of the Civil War Era (Earl J. Hess - A) Section-Pre Civil War and the ritual of Memorialby Earl Hess (Editor), Joan Cashin (Contributor), Lorien Foote (Contributor), David Gerleman (Contributor), Abraham Gibson (Contributor), Brian Matthew Jordan (Contributor), Jason Phillips (Contributor), Mark Smith (Contributor), Paula Tarankow (Contributor), Daniel Vandersommers (Contributor), Michael Woods (Contributor) Animals mattered in the Civil War. Horses and mules powered the Union and Confederate armies, providing mobility for wagons,