Rosettes are held in place on the headstall by a large rectangular shank on the back of the rosette through which the bridle strap passes. They were used to identify military war horses ...

The turnpike, Hattie Caldwell Davis notes in her book, "Cataloochee Valley," was completed "just in time to be used by Teague's Scouts" during the Civil War ... a framed rosette to Bobby Suttles ...

Although perhaps not the most important post in the Civil War, Holding Charleston by the Bridle gives us some interesting insights into America coast defense engineering and life in a coastal fort ...