The North was cheating!

big tee · Mar 7, 2017

All General Lee had were the P-51's----Tee

Bob Bancroft · Mar 7, 2017

How did the horses stand it? But then, I never understood how they could get a horse used to artillery!

Texasmark1 · Mar 7, 2017

That just goes to show you. In today's world "Seeing is Believing" is no longer true. The computer (enhancement) can make anything out of nothing.

paul · Mar 7, 2017

Must be true, I see it on the Internet.

Paul

Tom in NE · Mar 7, 2017

Yes, don't know how those horses could handle it. I went to the movies a few years back and saw 'War Horse'. The scene where the horse got all wrapped up in barbed wire, I thought 'That horse would rip himself apart trying to get out of it instead of standing there patiently for someone to come and cut him free.'

jeffcat · Mar 7, 2017

Welllll I am going to start being a pest. Don't mean to step on a thread. Cameras then were wet plate. You were lucky if it had an ASA of about 5. In daylite the exposures were 5 seconds or maybe a little longer. Enough on that. Now horses that jumpy would have their eyes tied. After a couple of battles they would just deal with it. The battles of Gettysburg there were over 3000 houses killed. But I have seen figgures that say horses and Mules the numbers could have been closer to 5K. This kind of stuff today going to war is too sanitary. People would have a fit. A couple of Gettysburg related things.

Pete in Holland MI · Mar 7, 2017

That barb wire scene from WarHorse was mostly computer generated. Saw a program on the making of it. Spielberg said it was quite interesting having a horse for a star, as horses don't always do what you want them to do.

Great movie though.....

gtractorfan · Mar 7, 2017

If something like that showed up, especially at that altitude they would have thought it was a UFO and died of shock/fright. Also, speaking of horses in the line of fire, when I see westerns with bad guys after a stage coach the horses look like easy pickins. One down and the rig ain't goin far.

kcm.MN · Mar 7, 2017

Gee guys, have a 2nd cup of coffee. Ya'll are pretty rigid this morning. Couldn't be due to this nice cold front blowing our roof off, could it? :x

I thought it was rather funny. Thanks for the laugh tee.

ed will · Mar 7, 2017

That photo reminds me of Normal Rockwell's painting.He would always have something absurd. I recall one that had a dog in the picture. You had to look close to notice the dog had cloven hooves. Ed Will Oliver BC

BarnyardEngineering · Mar 7, 2017

I don't know if it was just a Western move thing, or if it was real but it seemed like there was a "code of honor" where you didn't shoot a man's horse out from under him.

kevinstuff · Mar 7, 2017

Or is it from the Phillidelpha experiment?

kcm.MN · Mar 7, 2017

I don't think it was a code of honor, but rather making your few shots count. Took a long time to re-load, and it wasn't the horses trying to kill you.

Dick2 · Mar 7, 2017

My uncle drove mules hauling ammunition to the front in WWI; The mules were always getting shot, almost on every trip. He hauled ammunition to the front and bodies back from the front. I think he tied a couple spare mules behind the wagon for replacements.

There were a lot of horses killed in WWI; I guess nobody cared enough about the mules to keep a record of them.

Married2Allis · Mar 7, 2017

Yes, in fact the airstrikes were called in by the Signal Corps relayed over mountain tops back to Washington.

CenTex Farmall · Mar 7, 2017

The Gub'mint's always hidin' somethin!!!

Texas Cowboy · Mar 7, 2017

Since they were cheating let's change the decision.

Denny K · Mar 7, 2017

My dad grew up with mules in southern Illinois and said if a mule got in barbed wire they would just stand there until some got them out but a horse would fight it and get cut up. He had a lot of respect for the mules intelligence.

Steamboat · Mar 7, 2017

I participated in Civil War reenacting for 20+ years in the 6th Virginia Cavalry Co. C. I can honestly relate that it takes months, if not years, to properly train a war horse. Although we did not live fire (it made the Yankees mad if we did), the sights and sounds were somewhat similar to actual battle. In a large engagement the smoke from thousands of rifles, muskets, and cannon was so thick you could not see the enemy 50 yards away. We also participated in saber charges with 42 inch sabers clashing while mounted. It takes many wet saddle blankets to train a horse to tolerate that which he instinctively runs away from.

ss55 · Mar 7, 2017

" I reject your facts and substitute a reality of my own creation! "

Tubacase47 · Mar 7, 2017

I'm sure General Sherman (for that is him in the photo) would have appreciated the assistance.

Brown Swiss · Mar 7, 2017

That was Brian Williams flying around!

Billy Shafer · Mar 7, 2017

Sad thing is. Someone will see that and believe it.

mj · Mar 7, 2017

(quoted from post at 07:30:39 03/07/17) How did the horses stand it? But then, I never understood how they could get a horse used to artillery!

I don't know about that, but I read that cavalry charges were turned in some cases because the horses would NOT charge into an infantry volley. :!:

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