Mules- shavetails ,belled tails and bell sharps
2017年9月15日 · 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...
riding Morgan's mule | From Abatis to Zouave! (A to Z)
2010年5月12日 · 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.
Shelby's Mule (Waiting on the Federals) Lyrics.
2007年8月4日 · 1st Verse: [SIZE=+1]The Union folks away up north were one time much afraid,[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]'Bout something coming from the South, they said it was a raid.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Now I will tell you what it was, if you will just keep cool—[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]It had long ears, and a long slick tail, and called Jo Shelby's Mule.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]CHORUS ...
Charge Of The Mule Brigade | Soldier's Tales - American Civil War …
2022年1月23日 · 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 harnesses and stampeded toward a Confederate unit. The Confederates, unable to see and confusing the sound of mules'...
Four-mule army team and wagon | Period Photos & Examinations
2012年3月2日 · 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).
Brevet Horse | From Abatis to Zouave! (A to Z)
2010年5月12日 · 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.
C.S. Uniform Patterns? | Reenactors Forum - American Civil War …
2011年11月1日 · I'm looking for patterns for a mid-late war ANV uniform, i.e. Richmond Depot type ii Jacket and Mule-ear trousers. My research so far has led me to consider Country Cloth and Galla Rock. Does anyone here have any experience or advice with this? Thanks, D.H.
Monument to horses and mules killed in war
2011年12月3日 · This equestrian statue stands in a small courtyard adjacent to the United States Cavalry Museum at Fort Riley, Kansas. This three-quarter sized statue is dedicated to the million and a half horses and mules that perished or were used during the Civil War. It was dedicated in the summer of 1997...
First-hand account of Upton's Charge at Spotsylvania
2012年11月20日 · 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.
Question for the Forum: How much did they cost?
2012年10月22日 · In another account, Pvt. Hardin P. Cochrane, also of ("D" Troop), 2nd Regiment Alabama Cavalry, wrote in a letter home to his mother of a situation where his man-servant had captured an abandoned mule while they were out campaigning, which had belonged to the Federal army but had gotten loose.