1840's WICKED FORWARDED RERATED stampless cover CAPT. HENRY C WAYNE US/CSA

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1840's WICKED FORWARDED RERATED stampless cover addressed to CAPT. HENRY C WAYNE ! CHARLESTON SC ~ SAVANNAH GA ~ COLUMBUS GA ~ MACON GA!!! Check out my other items ! INTERNET INFO: Henry C . Wayne Henry C . Wayne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia WAYNE, Henry Constantine , soldier, was born in Savannah, Ga., Sept. 8, 1815. He attended the schools at Northampton and Cambridge, Mass., and was graduated from the U.S. military academy in 1838. He was promoted in the army 2d lieutenant, 4th artillery, July 1, 1838; was transferred to the 1st artillery, July 12, 1838: served on the northern frontier, and during the Canada border disturbances, 1838-41, was assistant instructor of artillery and cavalry at the U.S. Military academy, 1841-43; and quartermaster, 1843-46. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, May 16, 1842. He served in the war with Mexico as assistant quartermaster-general, 1846-47; was promoted captain of staff and assistant quarter, master, May 11, 1846 , and was brevetted major, Aug. 20, 1847, for gallant conduct at Contreras and Churubusco, Mex. He was in the quarter-master-general's office, Washington, 1848-55; purchased camels in Asia and Africa for use in army transportation in the west, and tested their adaptability in Texas, 1855-58. He resigned his commission, Dec. 31, 1860, and joined the Confederate States army as adjutant and inspector-general of the state of Georgia. He organized the militia and state officers into companies, regiments and two brigades, and their services were tendered to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and under General Wayne they were directed to guard the crossings of the Chattahoochie river from Roswell to West Point. In order that General Wayne might resume his duties as adjutant-general, he was succeeded by Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, June 1, 1864, and returned to Georgia. He received a first-class medal from the "Société Imperiale Zoölogique d'acclimatation" of Paris, for the successful introduction and acclimation of the camel in the United States in 1858. He is the author of: The Sword Exercise Arranged for Military Instruction (1850). He died in Savannah, Ga., March 15, 1883. Camels in Texas -- 1856 Following the California gold rush of 1849, there became an increasing need to protect and supply the growing population of Americans in the southwest. After attempts to build a transcontinental railroad succumed to sectional politics, U. S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis decided to experiment with camels as a means for transporting military provisions across west Texas and the "Great American Desert." As a result, Major H. C. Wayne was dispatched to the middle-East in 1855 to study and procure the first group of dromedaries. He returned the following year with thirty-three animals. They disembarked, together with several Greek and Turkish drivers, at Indianola, Texas on May 14, 1856. The curious looking caravan stopped in San Antonio, where it was demonstrated that one of the "beasts of the desert" could rise from its knees with two bales of Texas cotton tied on its back. The herd was then moved to more permanent quarters at Camp Verde, just south of the present town of Kerrville. Another herd of 41 camels arrived the following year. CAMEL COURIER. In 1856, Henry C. Wayne (left) procured and transported 33 camels to Texas aboard the USS Supply. Over the next several years, the camels were put to further tests, in which they were used alongside mules on extended trips throughout west Texas and as far west as California. In many ways, the camels proved themselves as superior transport animals. They were able to carry loads over long stretches without water and with very little forage--trips in which most mules would have perished. Ultimately, however, the camels failed. Their soft-padded feet were unsuitable for travel over much of the rocky southwestern terrain. They frightened horses and they were detested by their handlers, who were accustomed to more docile mules. The camels fell into Confederate hands at the beginning of the Civil War,... read more

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