Wagon Transportation For The Army
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Author | : Tom Lindmier |
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Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Horse-drawn vehicles |
ISBN | : 9781880499191 |
Tracing the development of the Ordinance Wagon from its earliest days - its inception during the Mexican wars and its further development during the Civil War - this is an excellent source of information regarding the two major types of wagons used by the U. S. Army. Wagons used and developed by the Quartermaster Department of the U.S. Army were perfected over many years and long miles on the western trail. The Six and Four-Horse or Mule Wagons, as well as the Army Escort Wagon, proved to be such an effective means of transporting supplies, that they saw extensive service well into the Twentieth Century. This exhaustive volume follows the wagon's development from the Revolutionary War through their use in the First World War. The dimensions, drawings, correct paint colors, and harness details that are included make this a valuable addition to the bookshelves of restorers and re-enactors alike. Author Thomas Lindmier, noted Military and Western Historian, has spent 20 years researching his subject and has restored a number of these wagons for the National Park Service.
Author | : Chauncey Brooke Baker |
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Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Transportation, Military |
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Release | : 1884 |
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Author | : United States. Quartermaster General of the Army |
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Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1917 |
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Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : D.J. Smith |
Publisher | : Shire Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-05-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780852634035 |
Since ancient times, horse-drawn vehicles were the primary means of transportation for military purposes. Yet it wasn't until the last decade of the eighteenth century that the civilian contractors that the British military had previously relied upon were replaced by the Royal Waggoners, a temporary transport corps that would only form on the outbreak of war. There was no permanent royal transport corps until the Crimean War in the nineteenth century. Beginning from this period, this book explores the variety of horse-drawn vehicles used by the British Army, from the general service wagons, ambulance wagons and carts, water carts, to the specialized vehicles such as the mobile pigeon loft and the traveling field cooker. D. J. Smith describes the equipment used in horse-drawn vehicles such as draught gear and harnesses, and also explains the process of wagon construction using many detailed line drawings. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout, Discovering Horse-Drawn Transport of the British Army reveals the vital role played by these wagons and carts for centuries until the introduction of motor vehicles in the World War I gradually superseded them.
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Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1884 |
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Author | : Earl J. Hess |
Publisher | : LSU Press |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2017-09-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807167525 |
Winner of the Eugene Feit Award in Civil War Studies by the New York Military Affairs Symposium During the Civil War, neither the Union nor the Confederate army could have operated without effective transportation systems. Moving men, supplies, and equipment required coordination on a massive scale, and Earl J. Hess’s Civil War Logistics offers the first comprehensive analysis of this vital process. Utilizing an enormous array of reports, dispatches, and personal accounts by quartermasters involved in transporting war materials, Hess reveals how each conveyance system operated as well as the degree to which both armies accomplished their logistical goals. In a society just realizing the benefits of modern travel technology, both sides of the conflict faced challenges in maintaining national and regional lines of transportation. Union and Confederate quartermasters used riverboats, steamers, coastal shipping, railroads, wagon trains, pack trains, cattle herds, and their soldiers in the long and complicated chain that supported the military operations of their forces. Soldiers in blue and gray alike tried to destroy the transportation facilities of their enemy, firing on river boats and dismantling rails to disrupt opposing supply lines while defending their own means of transport. According to Hess, Union logistical efforts proved far more successful than Confederate attempts to move and supply its fighting forces, due mainly to the North’s superior administrative management and willingness to seize transportation resources when needed. As the war went on, the Union’s protean system grew in complexity, size, and efficiency, while that of the Confederates steadily declined in size and effectiveness until it hardly met the needs of its army. Indeed, Hess concludes that in its use of all types of military transportation, the Federal government far surpassed its opponent and thus laid the foundation for Union victory in the Civil War.
Author | : Chauncey Brooke Baker |
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Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Transportation, Military |
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Author | : Chauncey Brooke Baker |
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Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Motorization, Military |
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