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 …
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...
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. Can't recall …
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 …
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 …
1865/1866 pictures of the Wilderness Battlefield - American Civil War ...
Apr 12, 2014 · The house and farm were located inside the Mule Shoe salient, about several hundred yards behind John B. Gordon's reserve line. Just ahead of the Harrison House was where Gordon …
Sherman - Sherman's Field order No. 15 | Famous People of the Late ...
Oct 10, 2012 · He saw 40 acres and a mule as a permanent fix to the problem of 4 million freed slaves without any property or money. Again, Lincoln let it slide. It was only after Lincoln's assasination that …
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. …
Destruction of Scales’ Brigade | Gettysburg | American Civil War Forums
Jan 16, 2015 · Three wagon loads were distributed to Meredith's brigade around the noon hour or early afternoon in the "mule train charge." "Carleton" of the 12th Massachusetts infers the Second Division …
Jenks Naval Carbine - American Civil War Forums
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 which was …