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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Pennsylvania. (search)
be understood how heavily the war weighed upon the production of the horse-breeding States. With regard to the materiel, we shall confine ourselves to the selection of a few figures among the most important. Thus, the number of army wagons purchased in 1861-62 was about 20,000; the following year, 12,730; the number of ambulances was 2500 the first year and 3511 the second. The number of tents bought or manufactured in 1861-62, besides 85,656 shelter-tents, footed up as follows: 42,392 Sibley tents and 70,735 common tents, capable of sheltering altogether 989,555 men; moreover, 5518 hospital-tents and 24,500 wall-tents, intended for the use of officers. The hard experience of the war soon demonstrated the worthlessness of most of these 143,145 tents, intended to afford shelter to one million of soldiers and a hundred thousand officers: it was impossible to transport them during an active campaign, and when the armies were stationary it was better to substitute in their place aux