UNSUNG HERO: THE HORSE IN THE CIVIL WAR

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UNSUNG HERO: THE HORSE IN THE CIVIL WAR

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Witnessing History Education Foundation

Күн бұрын

Produced for HRTV, the network for Horse Sports, by Witnessing History, LLC, Unsung Hero: The Horse in the Civil War presents the story of millions of horses (and mules) that were used in all branches of both armies during the Civil War. It tells how the horses were procure and trained for field use, how they were fed and maintained, and the toll taken on them due to service in the field.
Recipient of a 2013 Bronze Telly Award.

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@elizabethchaykowski823 Жыл бұрын

Thank-you so much for sharing the story of these beautiful and majestic Hero's: so generous and brave of heart.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

@Mis-AdventureCH 4 жыл бұрын

My dad was one of the last veterinarians in the US Army horse cavalry in the early 40s. I recall well when he said, "Thank god we don't take horses onto a battlefield anymore." Unspeakable cruelty at the hands of hubris. My heart breaks for them still.

@alanaadams7440 8 ай бұрын

Me too

@lanawilliams4604 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for remembering those courageous animals, so faithful and beautiful.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Mis-AdventureCH 4 жыл бұрын

One can only imagine the PTSD inflicted on the men who witnessed such horrible things. It's one thing to see your mates killed or injured, it's another entirely to witness the suffering of the innocents on such a vast scale.

@dennisvelintino8745 4 жыл бұрын

This documentary was one of the best.Horses are mans best friend.

@21cranberries21 3 жыл бұрын

Nope...dogs are ..

@priscillacook8983 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, truly excellent to know those great horses and mules are recognized for the awesome and powerful sacrifice they suffered. Extremely Sad.

@bobbrock4221 2 жыл бұрын

You can't forget the war goats.

@indy_go_blue6048 2 жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw Mr. Brown I knew this was going to be a good video. He's never let me down.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Indy! Glad you enjoyed it.

@paulkohler4508 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. amazing. My Dad was in the US Army - late 1920's - and was in one of the last - he claims - Horse drawn Artillery at Fort Drum, NY and rode the second horse. Rapid transportation was done by Rail Road. Another victim of modernization.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Mr. Brown's father was a tank destroyer battalion commander in World War II. His training at Fort Bragg in 1941 consisted of service in a mule-drawn pack artillery unit!

@alanaadams7440 8 ай бұрын

I read an interesting book written from the point of view of Traveler the famous Gen Lee's horse in the civil war. It talked about how Traveler was tied to the carriage of the funeral procession and didnt understand why Gen Lee's body was in the carriage so Traveler out lived his Master

@boutiletteboutilette4782 22 күн бұрын

Excellent documentary, little known fact of the civil war

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 2 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@monumentstosuffering2995 Жыл бұрын

How they suffered without complaint, those noble and gracious creatures.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@williambush1975 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this fresh approach to the war.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 Жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting.

@shawnmcdonald9352 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The heart wrenching war where Americans shot and killed each other is made worse knowing their beloved horses suffered as well. Pray that America never again becomes so.

@cherylguzell8326 4 жыл бұрын

History documentary

@jenniferclick1238 3 жыл бұрын

I traced my horse's lineage back to a full brother to Cincinnati.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 3 жыл бұрын

It's so wonderful that you are able to do that. Thanks for watching and for this interesting comment.

@saddlebum Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, very interesting and well done, Thank you!

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting! Glad you enjoyed the film!

@JohnnyRebKy 5 жыл бұрын

I was always under the impression that General Lee's horse, Traveler, is what we now call a American Saddlebred. Some call them Kentucky Saddlebred. They are a tall and gaited horse.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 4 жыл бұрын

Traveller was the foal out of Flora by Grey Eagle, born 1857 in Greenbrier County of what was then Virginia. Grey Eagle was considered the fastest thoroughbred in America after winning the $20,000 purse at the Louisville Stakes in 1859. A fine animal; General Lee rode him daily in the years after the war on the roads of Rockbridge County, Virginia while he served as President of Washington College.

@equineunity 4 жыл бұрын

Rienzi "Winchester" was a Morgan horse along with Little Sorrel.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Fine war horses!

@tracyjamestavares3255 4 жыл бұрын

If you think there where a lot of horse there , check out how many where in WW2

@roytschaefer3518 3 жыл бұрын

This is simply The BEST ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@gunnerblankenship4132 4 жыл бұрын

Fodder for 60,000 head is unimaginable

@codydayton3573 2 жыл бұрын

With what's going on in the current world and all the bad. I'm glad.i have horse's in case we need to use them again to get around .

@carrallbright 4 жыл бұрын

I don,t know why i have a feeling that there will be horses in heaven .I think that would be a song There will be horses in heave .Rev Mike Church of the Light

@bobbrock4221 2 жыл бұрын

I feel so bad for those horses.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting. We do not honor the horses' work enough. Outside of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, Virginia, however, stands a perfectly beautiful monument to the war horses. Hope you get to see it sometime.

@lorenagallardo1281 10 ай бұрын

Heros

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@bencarneal336 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@dunkndognuts9829 5 жыл бұрын

I always found they made the best... _neigh_ bors... I'll just go ahead and see myself out.

@clem8864 2 ай бұрын

Is he trying to sound like James Stewart or is it just natural ?

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 2 ай бұрын

Good afternoon! Lots of viewers note that Mr. Brown's natural voice resembles James Stewart's! Thanks for watching and commenting!

@billywild5440 3 ай бұрын

I have to take exception to your referring to the Confederate army as "the enemy". Who attacked whom to start the war? Who did this without the consent of Congress? Who was defending their land and homes and families against invaders?

@MollyGrue1 3 жыл бұрын

Remarkable, the great generals of the us army sure had more mercy for beasts than for humans... like later on in the wars against the natives, they considered them vermin, not even humans.

@clem8864 2 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure if they had 3 natives to piggy back them into battle they would do that and save their good horses..you fool

@MollyGrue1 2 ай бұрын

@@clem8864 and why am I the fool?

@StevenJInLA 2 жыл бұрын

In World War 2 the German Army used over 200,00 horses for the assault on Leningrad. For their invasion of Russia (Operation Barbarosa) the Germans used over 750,000 horses. Let me repeat that number, 750,000 HORSES !!!!! None of those horses returned.

@indy_go_blue6048 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I was going to say that less than 10% of them survived the first winter, and those were in the south. The Germans captured and used thousands of the "shaggy" Russian ponies (breed?) they captured during the course of the war in the East. They were inured to the cold and very hardy.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting! It's incredible how few people realize that even the American army was using mules in World War II to drag artillery, until tanks were available in enough numbers to use instead.

@StevenJInLA 2 жыл бұрын

@@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 Thank you for your response. The US Army used no horses in the European Theater of Operations. They were fully mechanized with ample fuel and parts. You see no horses on the beaches of Normandy. Because of the difficult terrain in the Pacific Theater, however, they did use horses, mules and burrows.

@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 2 жыл бұрын

@@StevenJInLA Exactly right. Mr. Brown's father was in a pack artillery unit at Fort Bragg, and the guns were dismantled and moved by mules. That unit went to the Pacific. Mr. Brown's father went to a tank destroyer battalion that fought in Europe. There, he saw THOUSANDS of dead horses left behind by the Germans, in Italy, and France. Thanks again for your comments!

@DonAbrams-hq7ln 5 ай бұрын

MY MOTHER was inBerlin in 1945 she ate Russian horse meat tosurvive...howsweetitwas she's aid after going without. The people butchered them where they fell. Can't imagine being this destitute.