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Saddles made of “cloth”?…

October 19, 2008November 17, 2017 Ken R. Knopp

That large number of trooper’s “enamelled cloth” saddles were made at western arsenals, especially in Columbus Georgia.  They were universally abhorred by cavalryman!

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