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Animal Mascots of the Civil War

Civil War re-enactors Robert Silverman and Diana Newman portray the Scheier Brothers of Battery B, and recount how soldiers brought along animal mascots to the battlefield. Enjoy engaging storytelling and period photographs about the barking regiments and enlisted animals, including an exotic dromedary!

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