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• FREE ARTICLE – The United States Camel Corps, 1856-1866.

  

  Image: Sailors of USS Supply loading a camel aboard. In the 1850s, the U.S. Army conceived a plan to bring several camels from the Middle East into the United States and employ them to travel through large tracts of the American Southwest carrying cargo for the military. As improbable as this seems, it did actually…

  September 23, 2024

  1800s, American Civil War, American History, American Southwest, California, Egypt, History Daily, Jefferson Davis, Lt. David Porter, Major Henry Wayne, New York Times, Secretary of War, Tunisia, United States Army, US Camel Corps, USS Supply

  1800s, American Civil War, American History, American Southwest, arizona, California, Egypt, hi-jolly, history, History Daily, humor, India, Jefferson Davis, Lt. David Porter, Major Henry Wayne, New York Times, Secretary of War, Tunisia, United States Army, US Camel Corps