CONFEDERATE SADDLES
Copyright ©: 2002, Ken R. Knopp. All rights reserved.

Horse equipment
in the Civil War
An Overview

 Did You Know.....

Major Confederate Horse
Equipment Producing
arsenals (Depots) their
Products and Issues:

 Atlanta
 Augusta
 Clarksville
 Columbus
 Macon
 Montgomery
 Nashville
 Richmond
 Selma
 Trans-Mississippi
 Imported British Equipment

Books By Ken R. Knopp

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Saddle Makers of the Confederacy"

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Feature Articles
By Ken R. Knopp
Copyright ©: 2002

 British Equipment Imported by the Confederacy
 Confederate Spanish Moss Blanket
 Confederate Halters
 Richmond Arsenal Officer's Bit
 Federal Saddle Contractors & Makers
 Confederate & Wartime Stirrups
Official Confederate Cavalry
Inspection Reports
From over 50 cavalry
regiments and commands!

      Critical data from the records of the Confederate Adjutant & Inspector General's Office (National Archives) detailing the arms, accoutrements, horse equipment, clothing, ammunition and camp equipage from the cavalry of Forrest, Wheeler, Wirt Adams, Hampton, Butler, W.H.F. Lee, McCausland, Lomax, Mosby's and so many more!

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Photos
of Mounted Confederates
(Rare! At present,
these 17 are all that are known)

 Gen. Marcellus Stovall
 Lt. Nathan Roberts on British Hussar's saddle
 Major John W. Woodfin
 Major Thomas P. Turner-Richmond
 Pvt. James Secrest-Jeff Davis Legion, ANV
 John Bowman-Tennessee Cavalryman
 Jacob Benton-46th Arkansas
 Sgt. William Hood of Wheeler's Cavalry
 1st Mississippi Cavalry group photo
 Frock coated Mississippi Cavalryman
 Cavalryman with great coat (Antietam area?)
 Mounted CS Officer
 Capt Humphreys
 Un Identified on fancy saddle
 Un Identified in civilian clothes
 Lee at Petersburg
 Pvt. John Willis
Artifact Photos & Drawings
Copyright ©: 2002

 Richmond Arsenal Jenifer Saddle
 Richmond Arsenal McClellan
 Atlanta Arsenal Texas Saddle
 Gen. John J. Morgan Texas Saddle
 Confederate Grimsley Saddle
 Enameled Cloth Saddle
 Trooper's Loose Ring Bit (western arsenals)
 Trooper's Loose Ring Bit (eastern arsenals)
 1860 British "Pad" bit with "C" boss bit
 1856 British UP Saddle
 Canvas Valise
 CS Bridle
 British and U.S. carbine snap hooks
 Confederate Saddle Bags
 British Hussar’s Saddle (c. 1850's)
 Confederate "style" of leather curb strap
 CS Knobby (unhorned) saddle
 War-time brass bits
 Hoof Pics and Mane Comb
 Another Richmond Arsenal Mac
 Corn Shuck Collar/Spanish Moss Collars
 CS Nose Bag
 John Hunt Morgan Saddle
 John Pelham Saddle
 Lt. William T. Turner Saddle
 Gettysburg Battlefield Saddle

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