US Civil War. Petersburg Campaign, June 9
US Civil War. Petersburg Campaign, June 9, 1864 to March 25, 1865. Union army smith forge shapes horseshoe on the Union Petersburg front. The army used cavalry and artillery horses in battle, and draft horses and mules for transport. Federal forces used about 1 million such animals over the course of the war. Photo by Davis Knox
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13123740
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45384924
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3000px x 2274px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
