One Hump or Two?

Did you know that when he was Secretary of War (prior to the Civil War), Jefferson Davis imported camels for the Army to ride?  In 1856, Davis purchased 34 camels at a cost of $30,000 to be used in remote military outposts. The animals proved to be unpopular and not nearly as easy to train as were horses (plus they spooked the horses), so the experiment was abandoned.

More information: U.S. Camel Corps