Mules- shavetails ,belled tails and bell sharps
Aug 23, 2011 · Interesting military tradition for mules: New arrivals had their tails shaved hence shavetails Then as they learned new skills and their tail grew a bell was cut into the tail to …
Charge Of The Mule Brigade | Soldier's Tales - American Civil War …
Feb 5, 2017 · From The Original Civil War Buff Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1863 "During the night battle of October 27-28, some mules, panicking from the noise of firing, broke free from their …
Mule Teams | Four Footed Friends
Jun 25, 2019 · So, treat a mule right and it will treat you right, but left to their own discretion they will not pull an overloaded wagon up a hill. Agreed on every point. Just think of the misery (and …
Driving a wagon | Civil War Potpourri
Aug 12, 2011 · The driver in most all cases of the Model 1858 Six Mule Army Wagon rode the near wheel horse or mule and utilized a drivers saddle. It very much resembled the artillery …
First-hand account of Upton's Charge at Spotsylvania
Nov 20, 2012 · Thought this was an excellent account of Col. Emory Upton's charge on the Mule Shoe salient at Spotsylvania, May 10, 1864. From the diary of Clinton...
Small-Arms Ammunition Resupply on the Battlefield – When, …
Jan 16, 2015 · I am most impressed with those risky cases where ammunition was delivered to the very front, for instance, in the case of the "mule charge" to supply the Iron Brigade, or the …
Mule Shoe salient: 'Horror of the melee' | Eastern Theater
May 24, 2016 · Many realized after the Mule Shoe's construction that it was not the best position; IIRC, the line was laid out by one of Ed Johnson's aides, who was not a professional engineer. …
"Lightning Mule Brigade" | South & Western Theaters
Oct 22, 2012 · As soon as the Lightning Mule Brigade disembarked from transports at Eastport, MS, some 400 mules dashed off into the countryside. Some of the escapees were retrieved, …
Jenks Naval Carbine | Small Arms & Ammunition
Jan 29, 2019 · The approximate six pound “Mule Ear” carbine was a single shot .54 caliber breech loading side hammered percussion firing carbine. It was loaded from the top of the breech …
McGowan's South Carolina Brigade at the Bloody Angle
Nov 20, 2012 · Today, May 12, marks the anniversary of the infamous fight for the Mule Shoe salient and Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania C.H. After Hancock's massive assault busted …