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Many a fighting man had one or more favorite mounts, entitled to bountiful corn and fodder, careful grooming, and a name of its own. One clause in the surrender terms at Appomattox in 1865 puzzled some people: every Confederate cavalryman was entitled to take his horse home with him. This provision, insisted on by Lee, was accepted by Grant when he was told that once they returned to civilian life, former soldiers wouldn't be able to plant spring crops without their war horses.
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One of the lesser known facts 0f American History is that the horse
population of the country has never
recovered from the civil war. I remember being told this as a small
child at the 100th anniversary of
the start of the war, and I don't
doubt that it remains true today,
at the 150th anniversary.
I also recall learning the story of the Rebel vets taking their horses home with them.
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