Dogs of War: And Stories of Other Beasts of Battle in the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0828320314
- ISBN-13
- 9780828320313
- Series
- Dogs of War
- Category
- Animals
- Pages
- 156
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Branden Books
- Author
- Marilyn Seguin
Description
"Although many books have depicted the roles of men and women in the Civil War, Dogs of War, on the other hand, contains important information on the roles that animal played in that brutal war. Few people know that many soldiers carried their pets with them when they went off to war, that dogs provided the recruits with both companionship and a connection to the home front, and that cats, birds and goats, not to mention Old Abe, the eagle, served as mascots. Mules and horses, however, were the animals that bore the brunt of the war alongside the American soldiers fighting against each other in a devastating war that was to see the preservation of the Union and the end to the scourge of chattel slavery." -- Amazon.com.
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