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 …
The Irish Desert Fox, Captain James 'Paddy' Graydon and his suicide ...
Aug 25, 2012 · Similar threads James "Paddy" Graydon And His Spy Company's "Mule Bomb Attack" War Horse Sep 24, 2015 Other Soldiers, Politicians, & Men Replies 3 Views 2K Sep 25, 2015
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...
Lincoln - The Mule's Tail - American Civil War Forums
Oct 10, 2012 · Finally the ring-master ordered the mule taken out of the ring when in walked Master Grant, saying, "I will try that mule." The boy mounted, holding on longer than any of the others till at …
Mule Team "Charge" on July 2 | Gettysburg - American Civil War Forums
Jan 16, 2015 · 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. Under orders, we …
Confederate Mountain Howitzer - American Civil War Forums
Apr 10, 2012 · The handler pointed the mule at the empty prairie and then the handler lit the fuse to the loaded Mountain Howitzer on the back of the mule. The mule had never heard the sound of a …
The Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
Oct 14, 2013 · Confederate Private Tisdale Stepp of Company F, 14th North Carolina Infantry sings "Bonnie Blue Flag," rallying the regiment during the fighting at the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania …
The Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
Nov 20, 2012 · On this day, May 12, 150 years ago one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War occurred. At 4:35 am this morning the II Corps of the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. Winfield …
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 …
Supply wagon dimensions? - American Civil War Forums
Jun 26, 2005 · The official nomanclature for the standard supply wagon for the union army was the 1855 six mule United States Army Wagon. The front wheels were 12 spoke, 3 inch tenons, 10 inch dia. …