Army blacksmith and forge, Antietam, Sept., 1862

September 1862

From "War Memories" catalog: Each battery of artillery and each squadron of cavalry were provided with a Forge, mounted on heavy wheels, similar to a piece of artillery. This forge travelled with the Army, and the artificer in charge of the forge attended to shoeing the horses, and repairing the iron-work of the gun-carriages and baggage-wagons. He always had plenty of business, and this view shows him engaged in shoeing the horses.