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Army blacksmith and forge, Antietam, September, 1862
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 · 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 shoeing the horses.
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