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    • A Collection of US Cavalry Distinctive Unit Insignia
    • The US Dragoon Saddle of 1833 & Related Equipments
    • US Pattern of 1841 Horse Equipments
    • The Ringgold Military Saddle
    • Grimsley Military Saddles
    • US Horse Equipment Trials in 1850s
      • The Campbell Military Saddle
      • Jones and Hope Saddles – The Also-Rans
      • The Delafield Commission
      • Col. Henry Knox Craig and ‘The McClellan Saddle’
    • The McClellan Military Saddle
    • Phillips Pack Saddle, Model 1924
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L’inspiration de l’Europe

March 9, 2019May 3, 2022 Todd H.Material Culture

For many years, I’ve seen in many sources comments about the horse equipment, especially saddles, being largely inspired by French hussar equipment.  That sort of discussion is informative, if you know what French hussar equipment looked like.  So began a […]

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Civil War Saddle Tree Maker Plates

February 23, 2019September 11, 2022 Todd H.Material Culture

In 1863, the Ordnance department of the US Army was making numerous positive actions to improve the horse equipment acquisition process.  One of these efforts was concentrated on quality control of saddle trees – a product notoriously difficult to produce […]

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Campbell vs. McClellan

February 1, 2019May 3, 2022 Todd H.1850 Trial Resources

Of all the speculations about the design evolution of the McClellan military saddle, the clearest ‘progenitor’ is that of the Campbell cavalry saddle of 1855.  I don’t intend to delve into the various other theories here – that sort of […]

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US Civil War Federal Ranger Saddle

November 4, 2018May 3, 2022 Todd H.Material Culture

One of the real treats that occasionally happens for the student of old historical artifacts is the discovery of a true rarity.  Not just a hard-to-find item but an item that could be termed a ‘unicorn’ – so rare is […]

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Civil War McClellan Pommel Shields

October 12, 2018July 19, 2022 Todd H.Material Culture

Like so many details of American military horse equipment, these details can be traced to European influences – even to the small small brass decorative fittings.  Pommel ornaments or ‘shields’ are a fixture of US military saddles going all the […]

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  • Grimsley’s Dragoon, or Military Saddle-Tree
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  • The First McClellan Saddle – Pattern of 1857
  • US Stirrups – 20th Century Metal
  • 1851 US Regulation Blanket 
  • L’inspiration de l’Europe
  • Civil War Saddle Tree Maker Plates
  • Campbell vs. McClellan
  • US Civil War Federal Ranger Saddle
  • Civil War McClellan Pommel Shields
  • Major Samuel Ringgold – Hero of Palo Alto
The Military Horse
  • A Collection of US Cavalry Distinctive Unit Insignia
  • Contact The Military Horse
  • Laidley Cavalry Forge Harness
  • McClellan letter of proposal, 3 Oct 1856
  • McClellan letter to Chief of Ordnance Henry Craig, 25 Dec 1856
  • McClellan letter to Ordnance Dept 23 Dec 1856
  • Online References
  • The McClellan Military Saddle
  • THE PHILLIPS PACK SADDLE – MODEL 1924
  • The Ringgold Military Saddle
  • The US Dragoon Saddle of 1833 & Related Equipments
  • US Horse Equipment Trials in 1850s
  • US Pattern of 1841 Horse Equipments
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