GDG- For want of some grain?

[James Cameron]

<< Given the (very) recent discussion of the worth of the grain in the 125
wagon train Stuart captured, I was wondering: How did the Union calvary
keep their horses grained while on the march?  >>

As best they could.

Buford to Pleasonton, June 30, from Gettysburg:

"I entered this place at 11 a.m........... I can't do much just now.  My men 
and horses are fagged out.  I have not been able to get any grain yet.  It 
is all in the country, and the people talk instead of working.  Facilities 
for shoeing are nothing.  Early's people seized every shoe and nail they 
could find."

And later that night, at 10:30:

"I can get no forage nor rations; am out of both.  The people give and sell 
the men something to eat, but I can't stand that way of subsisting; it 
causes dreadful straggling."

Jim Cameron