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...
Some Stories From Spotsylvania - American Civil War Forums
Oct 9, 2017 · Archer W. Watkins Inspired by the success of Upton's Charge, General Grant decided to repeat the tactic, but on a much larger scale. Two days later he would launch an entire Federal …
Louisa May Alcott's Army Mules Were People, Too
Feb 14, 2012 · This fellow, one of the leaders in a 6 mule team harness sports the Federal flag- in Richmond, with Libby tobacco warehouse prison as backdrop. Best, ever, hand's down delightful …
Mules dressed as reindeer | Four Footed Friends
May 23, 2018 · Mule-deer Oborseth, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons - ehhhh close enough I have read several times about what happened near Savannah on Christmas Day 1864. Several men …
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 …
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 …
Member Review - The Heart of Hell: The Soldiers' Struggle for ...
May 3, 2013 · The struggle over the fortified Confederate position known as Spotsylvania's Mule Shoe was without parallel during the Civil War. A Union assault that began at 4:30 A.M. on May 12, 1864, …
The Irish Desert Fox, Captain James 'Paddy' Graydon and his suicide ...
Aug 25, 2012 · The Irish Desert Fox, Captain James 'Paddy' Graydon and his suicide mule bombs. major bill Jan 29, 2025 M
A Matter of Yards (What if Lee abandoned the Mule Shoe?)
Nov 8, 2018 · This position (nicknamed the Mule Shoe by the troops), was the most concerning portion of the line. That afternoon, two attacks had been made upon the position; the first had been repulsed …