Trivia #8 True or False (9/8/2014)

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True or False: In 1861 the maximum price the United States Government would pay for cavalry horses was $139.
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[Stony]

false

 

[Littlestown]

False

Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives, 37th Cong., 2d sess., 1861-62, part I, 84; O.R.III, vol. 5, 256

 

[adisciu9]

False. It was $119

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

False

 

[Copperhead-mi]

False. $119 was the maximum.

 

[Bob Owen]

False. It was $119.00!

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry_in_the_American_Civil_War states: " in 1861 the maximum government price for cavalry horses was $119. However, relentless military demand caused prices to continually increase and by 1865 prices hovered near $190 per head."

My answer is: TRUE, because the question specifies 1861 prices.
Thanks!!

Edit - the question did specify 1861 prices, but it asked whether it was true or false that the maximum price was $139.

Hoosier

 

[DickWilliams]

False. The max price was $119.

 

[Lnwlf]

False

 

[Nathanb1]

False

 

[chellers]

false

"in 1861 the maximum government price for cavalry horses was $119"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry_in_the_American_Civil_War

 

[War Horse]

Flase

 

[csb1971]

False. It appears to be a maximum of $119 per horse maximum.

 

[Eagle eye]

False

 

[Karlos63]

False. Cavalry horse prices varied throughout the war; in 1861 the maximum government price for cavalry horses was $119.

 

[Brenal]

False. $119.

 

[LZRD WZRD]

False

 

[FarawayFriend]

False.

" in 1861 the maximum government price for cavalry horses was $119"
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry_in_the_American_Civil_War

 

[Seduzal]

False