Sources and References

Books, military records, magazines, photos, films, and newspapers were all consulted during research for the BrookeUSA Horse Heroes site. The list here is not a complete list of every source used, but represents the major sources of information for the site. Specific source notes are provided to indicate general content and degree to which that source was relevant to the Horse Heroes topic.

Although online citations are provided, it must be expected that gradually these links will cease to work as technology and digital media evolve. Performing a new search using the title of the item is recommended if the link is not functional.

Numerous organizational sources provided assistance, but special thanks is due to James Tobias, Historical Resources Branch and Dr. Andrew Birtle, Writer in Residence, both at the U.S. Army Center of Military History, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C..

BrookeUSA wishes to express its gratitude to Jo Ellen Hayden, B.A., M.A., M.S., BrookeUSA Horse Heroes Special Project Volunteer, for researching and authoring this site, and to Catherine Bishop for proofreading the entire site. 

Organization	City	State
Dehner & Company	Omaha	NE
Fasig-Tipton Company, Inc.	Lexington	KY
International Museum of the Horse	Lexington	KY
Keeneland Library	Lexington	KY
Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs	Frankfort	KY
Library of Congress of the United States	Washington	DC
Museum of the Horse Soldier	Tucson	AZ
National Archives of the United States	College Park	MD
National World War I Museum and Memorial	Kansas City	MO
Third Cavalry Museum	Ft. Hood	TX
U.S. Army Center of Military History	Washington	DC
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center	Carlisle	PA
U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum	Ft. Lee	VA
U.S. Army Quartermaster School	Ft. Lee	VA
U.S. Army Transportation Museum	Ft. Eustis	VA
U.S. Army Transportation School	Ft. Lee	VA
U.S. Cavalry Museum	Fort Riley	KS

 

Books

There are relatively few contemporary accounts of the war that focus on horses and mules, but they are valuable because they reflect the thoughts of the soldiers at the time. These were used extensively to provide insight into the actual lives and conditions of the animals. Later books provide comprehensive analysis of numbers and costs as well as the political climate, state of veterinary medicine, and overall assessment of battlefield life.

Title	National Focus	Author	Publisher	Date	Notes
Horses Were More Valuable Than Men - WW1 Memoirs	England	Bassett, Charles	Stefan R. Woroniecki, London	2014	war diary of British trooper assigned to horse care in Transport unit
Animal Heroes of the Great War	US	Baynes, Ernest Harold	Macmillan Company	1927	Regarded as the most contemporary account on the subject
For Love of Horses: Diaries of Mrs Geoffrey Brooke	Intl	Brooke, Dorothy, ed by Glenda Spooner	The Brooke Hospital For Animals, London	1960	first-person account of Dorothy Brooke's work in Cairo, 1930-1955
The War Horses: The Tragic Fate of a Million Horses Sacrificed in the First World War	England	Butler, Simon	Halsgrove, Somerset, UK	2011	Text with layout that incorporates many photos; extensive bibliography
The U.S. Cavalry Horse	US	Carter, General William H.	The Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut	2003	first published in 1895, a detailed reflection of thoughts of that time
The Mule in Military Service	England	Clayton, Anthony	The Book Guild, Ltd., Kibworth, Leicestershire	2017	Mules in the British Army, 19th and 20th centuries.
Animals in War	England	Cooper, Jilly	Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut	2002	brief volume covering dogs, horses, mules, etc.
War Horse: A History of the Military Horse and Rider	US	DiMarco, Louis A.	Yardley, Pa.: Westholme Publishing	2007	Includes maps, iIllustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index
Shavetails & Bell Sharps: The History of the U.S. Army Mule	US	Essin, Emmett M.	University of Nebraska Press	1997	Mules in the U.S. Army, 1832-1956
Pershing's Crusaders: The American Soldier in World War I	US	Faulkner, Richard S.	University of Kansas Press, Lawrence	2017	Social history of the dougboys and their experiences in the Great War
The Horse and the War	England	Galtrey, Captain Sidney	Country Life, London and Percheron Society of America, Chicago	1918	Section on British Remount by Brigadier-General T.R.F. Bate
Warrior - The True Story of a Real War Horse	England	George, Isabel	Harper True Friend, London	2014	derivitive of original first person book by Jack Seeley
Dorothy Brooke and the Fight to Save Cairo's Lost War Horses	Intl	Hayter-Menzies, Grant	Potomac Books/University of Nebraska Press	2017	In-depth account of the beginnings of the world's largest equine charity
The Fourth Horseman: One Man's Mission To Wage The Great War In America	US	Koenig, Robert L.	Public Affairs/Perseus, New York	2006	true story of attempt to infect horses awaiting shipment to Europe with anthrax
War Horse: Mounting the Cavalry with America's Finest Horses	US	Livingston, Phil & Roberts, Ed	Bright Sky Press, Albany, Texas	2003	Comprehensive history of the U.S. Remount Service
Horse Mobilization	England	MacMunn, Lieut.-Colonel G.F., DSO	Firestep Editions, National Army Museum, UK	1913	reprint from The Army Review and Harrison and Sons, London by FireStep Editions
American Military Horsemanship - the Military Seat of the United States Cavalry 1792 through 1944	US	Ottevaere, James A.	Authorhouse, Bloomington, IN	2005	extremely comprehensive
Diseases of the Horse	US	several	US Dept of Agriculture	1923	veterinary textbook
Manual for Stable Sergeants	US	several	Mounted Service School, Ft. Riley, KS	1917	Diseases and injuries and their treatment
The Horse Soldier, 1776-1943 : the United States Cavalryman-His Uniforms, Arms, Accoutrements, and Equipments	US	Steffen, Randy	University of Oklahoma Press, Norman	1977	extremely comprehensive
United States Military Saddles 1812-1943	US	Steffen, Randy	University of Oklahoma Press, Norman	1973	extremely comprehensive
The Horse In War: Horses & Mules in the Allied Armies During the First World War, 1914-1918	Canada	Tamblyn, D. S.	Leonaur, Canada	2011	First person account with notes on numerous individual horses
The Twilight of the U.S. Cavalry: Life in the Old Army, 1917-1942	US	Truscott, Lucian K. Jr.	University Press of Kansas	1988	History of the last years of the U.S. Army Cavalry
Notes on Horse Management Part 3	England	Veterinary Dept, General Staff, War Office	Firestep Editions, National Army Museum, UK	1919	Update with particular emphasis on grooming
Notes on Horse Management Parts 1 & 2	England	Veterinary Dept, General Staff, War Office	Firestep Editions, National Army Museum, UK	1916	British Cavalry manual on feeding, stable management, shoeing, clipping, and more
Theirs Not To Reason Why: Horsing the British Army 1875-1925	England	Winton, Graham	Helion and Company Ltd., Solihull, West Midlands, England	2013	extremely comprehensive

Internet Sources

The internet was useful to locate photographs, organizations, published material from newspapers and magazines that had been archived, and museums.

Films

Motion picture technology was in its early stages during the war, but even the blurred and jerky images are fascinating because they record such things as gestures and body language that go beyond words in describing battle conditions. The training films for the Quartermaster Corps are particularly enlightening because they were taken in the United States under better filming conditions than were possible in Europe, and show horse care and training practices of the day. Most of the films noted below are available on the web as video using the archives link that is shown.