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That chart is interesting Jack. Not being a horse person I never realized there were so many color types.

Thanks guys for all the great info and pictures re horses and chestnuts (or blood- red bays) in particular.
I still feel though, that in the screeenshots and in long formations the overall effect of the cavalry horses is a little too bright and over-dominates the total view.

But as an Englishman living in a coastal area dominated by seagulls and downland sheep,I do not intend arguing about horse colours with a real bay-riding cowboy.
Thanks to all for the great info.It may be, as Tim suggested,that the eventual in-game colours are less saturated and less high in colour than those shots at the web site.
Again many thanks to all.

Amish John wrote:

That chart is interesting Jack. Not being a horse person I never realized there were so many color types.

Ah, that is just the beginning! Excluded from the cavalry are the Strawberry Roans, the Blue Roans, Appaloosas, Paints (Pintos), and, of course, certain breeds such as the Clydesdales, Percheons, ad nauseum with their unique sizes/colors/patterns!

One discussion that has not been addressed is the "Trooping" (read "Grouping") of the horses by color. It was common for pre-war and, perhaps, early war (before there was a shortage of horse-flesh and "rapid" battlefield demise) cavalry regiments to place all the sorrels in one troop (as in Company A). with the bays in another company, blacks in a third company, etc. The least senior company commander usually ended up with a polyglot company consisting of all the colors that were not plentiful enough to fill a complete company with such colors as dun, etc. Perhaps, that is why all the horses look the same in the screenshots - they represent this type of grouping.

J

pcelt wrote:

Thanks guys for all the great info and pictures re horses and chestnuts (or blood- red bays) in particular.
I still feel though, that in the screeenshots and in long formations the overall effect of the cavalry horses is a little too bright and over-dominates the total view.

But as an Englishman living in a coastal area dominated by seagulls and downland sheep,I do not intend arguing about horse colours with a real bay-riding cowboy.
Thanks to all for the great info.It may be, as Tim suggested,that the eventual in-game colours are less saturated and less high in colour than those shots at the web site.
Again many thanks to all.

Oh, by the way, there are many sheep in the hills of Montana, where the standard refrain is: "Montana - where men are men...and sheep are nervous!"

J

One discussion that has not been addressed is the "Trooping" (read "Grouping") of the horses by color. It was common for pre-war and, perhaps, early war (before there was a shortage of horse-flesh and "rapid" battlefield demise) cavalry regiments to place all the sorrels in one troop (as in Company A). with the bays.....

Kerflumoxed, that post combined with your post on the latrine habits of the soldiers qualifies you as "well read". B)