Camels in Vicksburg National Military Park

On the subject of camels. I read somewhere that the camels brought into the Camel Corps by Jefferson Davis before the war consisted of 3 types of camels. The one hump, the two hump, and a hybrid of the two. I wasn't aware that they could or would cross breed.
 
YAZOO DEMOCRAT [Yazoo City, MS], November 19, 1859, p. 3, c. 1
Curious enterprise of a Pretty Widow - The Selma (Alabama) Reporter says:
Mrs. Watson, who is pretty extensively engaged in the importation of camels is in the city with seven of the odd looking animals. She will exhibit them at the State Fair, which is to begin in Montgomery on Monday next, and we hope she may receive a premium for each, as well as one for herself. Mrs. Watson is said to be the widow of a deceased officer of the United States Army. She is a very intelligent, as well as handsome lady, and we wish her all sorts of good luck in her enterprise.


MOBILE DAILY REGISTER, March 23, 1860, p.2, c.4

Choice breeding stock for sale.
Pure Arabian Horses.
Spanish Merino Sheep.
Pure Cashmere Goats.
Maltese and Spanish Jacks.
Malteese Goats, Ewes and Bucks.
30 Superior Young Camels, well broke, suitable for plantation work:
The above stock is all of direct importation, and no pains or expense spared in the selection.
The public is invited to call and examine this stock.

A.R. Meslier & Co. Mobile.




SOUTHERN BROADAXE [WEST POINT, MS], May 11, 1859, p. 2, c. 4

Camels in Dallas County [Alabama] – We have been informed that it is the intention of Capt. J.A. Machodo who has been engaged for years in importing camels to the United States, to send a short time, some three or four camels to our countrymen, B.M. Woolsley, who has consented to take them, and ascertain practically, if the camel is really adapted to the wants of our section of the country. Mr. Woolsley, we learn, will receive these animals in the course of ten or fifteen days, and will make such experiments with them as will prove their adaptation to our farming pursuits.

There are quite a number of gentlemen in our vicinity, who have been anxious to test the uses of the camel, and that this may be done, Capt. Machodo, has consented that Mr. Woolsley may make the test, so in case they prove to be what they are represented, he can furnish any number to our planting friends. We shall endeavor, at any any
[sic], to keep our readers posted, as to the result of the experiment. – Selma Sentinel.
 
"The Government's Importation of Camels: A Historical Sketch," Charles C. Carroll, 1904.

This is probably the best information you will find about the War Department importing camels. Unfortunatley, it does NOT have information on the private imports, of which there were several.
 

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