At Jefferson Davis' suggestion, in 1855 Congress bought some of these animals from Egypt for the Southwest
In 1855, Secretary of War Davis persuaded a skeptical Congress to .... An 
abundant supply of these animals would enable our Army to give... [DOC] [TLE] United States Camel Corps - Wikipedia [PAR] The United States Camel Corps was a mid-nineteenth century experiment by the 
United States Army in using camels as pack animals in the Southwestern United 
States.