Quote Originally Posted by Ludens
Wasn't it "amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics"?
That's the one. Only attribution I have seen is to "Bradley". I suppose this is Omar Bradley but I have had trouble finding a definitive quote.

Horses, forage and supply lines were critical to the ACW. Eventual Union victory was dictated by finding the proper way to handle the logistics, so that the armies could actually penetrate the interior. Sherman took this a step further, eventually cutting loose from his supply line to live off the land marching to the sea and through the Carolinas.

In the civil war the cavalry worked those poor horses to death in short order during raids or active army movement. A favorite quote of mine from Lincoln involved the loss of a substantial number of horses, and the capture of a Union general during a Confederate raid (by J.S. Mosby if memory serves.) Lincoln replied to the effect that it was a pity because "I can make more generals, but horses cost money."

Last weekend I saw a Percheron on parade that they claimed was 17 hands high--it looked about that to me but I haven't been around horses much in many years. Magnificent animal. My understanding is that the current world record is a 19 hand Percheron named Goliath. In fact, our former vet certified the animal.