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• 1857 Trial Model McClellan
• A Collection of US Cavalry Distinctive Unit Insignia
• Before The First McClellan – the Prototype Models of 1856
• Contact The Military Horse
• Davis’ Cavalry Equipment–Past And Present
• Edward Davis – Cavalry Officer and Chronicler, Part 1
• Edward Davis – Cavalry Officer and Chronicler, Part 2
• Edward Davis’ History of the McClellan Saddle
• Laidley Cavalry Forge Harness
• McClellan Saddle Identification
• McClellan Saddle Identification – Part 1, WW1 and Post-War McClellans
• Online References
  • Book Reviews
• Site Map
• The Grimsley Military Saddles
• THE PHILLIPS PACK SADDLE – MODEL 1924
• The Ringgold Military Saddle
• The US Dragoon Saddle of 1833 & Related Equipment
  • Contract Letters for the US 1833 Dragoon Saddle
  • Steffen’s Dragoon
• US Horse Equipment Trials in 1850s
  • The Campbell Military Saddle
  • Jones and Hope Saddles – The Also-Rans
  • The Delafield Commission
• US Pattern of 1841 Horse Equipments
• Col. Henry Knox Craig and ‘The McClellan Saddle’
• The Model 1885 McClellan Saddle
• The Model of 1887 McClellan Artillery Saddle
• The Model 1893 McClellan Saddle
• The Model 1896 McClellan Saddle
• The M1904 Cavalry McClellan ( Pattern I & II )
• The M1904 Artillery McClellan (Pattern I & II)
• 1904 McClellan War Contract Saddle (Pattern III)
• Model 1913 McClellan Mule Riding Saddle
• The Model 1928 McClellan Saddle

Posts by category

• Category: Dragoons
  • Ringgold Military Saddle Patent
• Category: Grimsley
  • Grimsley’s Dragoon, or Military Saddle-Tree
• Category: History
  • The Question of Equipment
  • The McClellan Saddle and Its Proposed Modifications
  • Saddling and Bridling As Taught In The 7th U.S. Cavalry
  • The Cavalryman and his Horse
  • Care of Leather and Riding Equipment, Cavalry School Academic Division
  • Yule’s Modified Field Artillery Harness
• Category: Material Culture
  • WW1 US Saddlery Contractors
  • M1859 McClellan / CW pattern roller buckles
  • US Stirrups – 20th Century Metal
  • 1851 US Regulation Blanket 
  • L’inspiration de l’Europe
  • Civil War Saddle Tree Maker Plates
  • US Civil War Federal Ranger Saddle
  • Civil War McClellan Pommel Shields
  • McClellan Pattern of 1859 saddle rings and staples
  • US Pattern of 1859 iron buckles for cavalry equipment
  • WW1 saddle ovals – variations
  • Saddle tree label – J.M.Hays Wood Products Co.
  • Enlisted Men’s Saddle, Model of 1917
  • No. 1879 – Price List of Small Arms and Hand Arms, Etc.
  • Report on the manufacture of saddletrees, Rock Island Arsenal, July 31, 1897
  • Report of the Chief of Ordnance – 1882
  • Civil War McClellan inspection mark, circa 1863
  • US Pattern of 1859 Horse Equipments For The Cavalry Service
• Category: Military Horse
  • Rodney – A Veteran Artillery Horse
• Category: Profiles
  • Major Samuel Ringgold – Hero of Palo Alto
  • Thornton Grimsley – a brief biography
• Category: Real Photo Postcards
  • Young Mexican Officer
  • The Drinking Water Cart – the first ‘buffalo’?
  • The Unit Saddler
  • Nall and Blackie