Southern states began to secede from the Union in late 1860 and early 1861, causing a number of changes that would affect the U.S. Army and its Camel Corps. Davis, who had returned to the U.S ...

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, camels wandered the Sonoran Desert. How they got there, and what happened to ...

They were used as pack animals in the southwest desert areas for the U.S. Army. This army camel corps was so successful the secretary of the army asked for 1,000 more camels. However, the Civil ...