Horses were a common death in the Civil War because officers would ride them and when a enemy fired they would aim for the horse because the horse was giving support to the officer so there were alot of horse deaths. Union horse deaths: 32,600 Confederate horse deaths: 45,798
No, well trained war horses were a valuable commodity so her horse was not burned.
All i've heard was that most were Mules, Crossbreeds or Tennessee walkers. But there have been other found breeds that served in the civil war...I guess it depends where you imported the horse from... ~Thank you
Horses carried supplies , as gasoline became very scarce the were ridden. as food supplies dwindled ,people ate horse meat.
Farriers are workers who specialize in shoeing horses.
War horse is the most commonly used term.
from horse owners
the horses's name is Joey, and i think he is an irish hunter / thoroughbred.
the book war horse is fiction, although echos some real elements of the war, and what horses would have done in the war
Horses were a common death in the Civil War because officers would ride them and when a enemy fired they would aim for the horse because the horse was giving support to the officer so there were alot of horse deaths. Union horse deaths: 32,600 Confederate horse deaths: 45,798
No the horse(s) that played Secretariat are chestnut. Whilst Joey is a bay, two different colors. But one of the horses in War Horse did play Seabiscuit.
World War 1 horses when muddy looks like an muddy horse..
Destrier means great horse. It was one of the greatest war horses in middle ages.
No horses were shot in the filming of a Disney movie I can assure you, but, presumably bad?
There were 14 different horses that played the war horse "Joey". One of the most famous horse's that played Joey was named Finder who was also one of the horses that played Seabiscuit in the major motion picture of the same name.
No, well trained war horses were a valuable commodity so her horse was not burned.
Watch or read War Horse.............. sums it up pretty nicely.