in the civil war, did the union or confederacy have a shortage of horses?
like how the horses got killed and stuff, did both the north and south have a shortage or was it just one side? if just one side, which one?
The union had fewer horses, but they didn’t need to rely on horses as much as the south did. They had an expansive railroad system and canals. The south had very little track laid at the time of the war and what they did have the north ruined by heating the metal and wrapping it around trees ( it’s hard to melt down and use again). The south had a steady supply of horses, cattle, and pigs from Texas and Florida. When the north completed its Anaconda Policy (win at Vicksburg) Texas was cut off from the rest of the south and was no longer able to supply horses.
