Elephants in the Iron Brigade

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What Would Have Happened If Lincoln Had Used Combat Elephants in the Civil War?

“Major Thomas W. Custer,” said the officer, saluting, awkwardly. “Operating on temporary commission from the War Department, I do have the honor of presenting the 1st Ohio Pachyderm Battalion, 445 officers and men, fifty-one of the finest Siam elephants in good health, arranged in five...

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