31387 - Dismounted Confederate Cavalryman Resting with Mount WWII K&C DD A most prized weapon

A most prized weapon

The sergeant made sure that all of the cannoneers and drivers were properly trained in each role necessary to service a piece so that they could switch roles on an individual basis if casualties occurred

All of them knew their chances of survival were slim but they remained with their fellow defenders and fought to the bitter end in the final battle

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War dogs could be trained to sniff-out explosives or uncover hidden exits and entrances to underground bunkers and tunnels

31387 - Dismounted Confederate Cavalryman Resting with Mount WWII K&C DD A most prized weaponA Southerner was, on average, considered a superior horseman to his northern counterpart, especially early in the war. Roads in the rural south were generally poor, and horses were more for individual transportation and not carriages and streetcars as was common in the urbanized north many of the early union cavalry regiments were formed of this pedigree. Confederate soldiers owned their horses and were compensated monthly. However, if a soldiers