31440 - Union Cavalry Trooper Mounted on Trotting Horse, No. 2 Conte Alamo and married Anna Murray [Douglass]

and married Anna Murray [Douglass]

James Ewell Brown ‘Jeb’ Stuart was the outstanding Confederate Cavalry officer of the Civil War

Most of the eagles were destroyed by order of the newly restored Royal Government in 1814

back in the countryside it was common for relatively young children to be helping their families by looking after the family livestock

31440 - Union Cavalry Trooper Mounted on Trotting Horse, No. 2 Conte Alamo and married Anna Murray [Douglass]Union Cavalry Trooper Mounted on Trotting Horse, No. 2 Union army guidelines for cavalry horse selection mandated animals be at least 15 hands (60 inches [150 cm]) high, weighing on average around 950 pounds (430 kg), and aged between 4 and 10 years old, and be well broken to bridle and saddle. Geldings were preferred for cavalry horses with the purchase of mares strictly prohibited outside absolute military emergency. Animals were preferred to be