Original U.S. Civil War Unmodified M-1863 Artillery Horse Bit by Alexander Barclay, Newark NJ - U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade Beretta Congress authorized the President to

Congress authorized the President to appoint Regular Army officers to temporary higher grades in the Army of the United States during time of war or national emergency

Serial #519272 indicates manufacture in 1891

and held these defensive positions for two weeks

It is all bronze

which continued into the Weimar Period until 1930

Original U.S. Civil War Unmodified M-1863 Artillery Horse Bit by Alexander Barclay, Newark NJ - U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade Beretta Congress authorized the President toOriginal Item: Only One Available. During the American Civil War (1861 1865) it is estimated that between 1,000,000 and 3,000,000 equines died, including horses, mules, donkeys and even confiscated childrens ponies. It is also estimated that the horse casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg alone, July 1 and July 3, 1863, exceeded 3,000. Diaries and letters of soldiers often mentioned the stench of dead steeds rising up from the fields of battle, and