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 show the mastered skill. First bell was added when the animal could pack Second bell was added when the animal could...
Mule Team "Charge" on July 2 | Gettysburg - American Civil War …
Jan 16, 2015 · Ammunition was getting very low in Battery B, 1st New Jersey, which was posted north of the Wheatfield Road, and east of the Peach Orchard (which extended north of said road). Orderly Sergeant Galbraith was sent back to find John Cronk, whose mule team was loaded with extra ammunition. "About 6 o'clock Cronk came up on a dead run.
The Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
Nov 20, 2012 · With the Yankee troops continuing to pour into the captured salient, Gordon gathered two brigades commanded by Colonels Clement A. Evans and John S. Hoffman-some 3,500 men-and rushed them towards the eastern flank of the mule shoe. when these reinforcements swung into line of battle and prepared to attack, General Lee rode forward to …
riding Morgan's mule | From Abatis to Zouave! (A to Z)
May 12, 2010 · Riding Morgan's Mule: A form of punishment in which the prisoner was forced to sit on, or straddle, a large sawhorse for hours at a time. The rail on which they sat was sometimes 15 feet above the ground and accessible only by a ladder. If the prisoner joked about needing spurs, bricks were hung from his feet.
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 Beckwith (pictured above) who enlisted in the 121st New York Volunteer Infantry at the young age of 16 in 1862. About 5 P. M. we moved over the...
Four-mule army team and wagon | Period Photos & Examinations
Sep 2, 2013 · Caption from negative sleeve: Four Mule Army Wagons, Army wagon going to Commissary Depot, for supplies, City Point, Va. Annotation from negative, image side: 2586. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2586A) and right (LC-B811-2586B) halves of a stereograph pair; with variant view plate (LC-B811-2586C).
How many wagons per corps - American Civil War Forums
Aug 23, 2011 · 2,800 pounds. A good six-mule team, in the best season of the year, could haul 4,000 pounds. In practice, wagons seldom hauled such loads because of poor roads. So despite the varying figures, the general image is rather clear: Under good circumstances, a normal military wagon could carry a load of about 3000 pounds.
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 through the Mule Shoe salient that morning, Confederate division commanders John B. Gordon and Robert E. Rodes immediately began organizing counter-attacks to push the Federals out of ...
Brevet Horse | From Abatis to Zouave! (A to Z)
May 12, 2010 · Actually I posted about the poem, "Charge of the Mule Brigade" in the Ladies' Tea thread Poems and Songs of the Civil War # 71. It was an anonymous poem penned by a Union soldier after the Battle of Wauhatchie, Tn. on Oct. 28, 1863.
Jenks Mule Ear Carbine-- Help | Small Arms & Ammunition
Feb 2, 2010 · Jenks Mule Ear Carbine-- Help. Thread starter JOHN42768; Start date Oct 27, 2018; JOHN42768 Colonel ...