Mule Team Charge on July 2 | Gettysburg - American Civil War Forums 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
Mules- shavetails ,belled tails and bell sharps 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
The Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864 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 lead them
Four-mule army team and wagon | Period Photos Examinations 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)
The Irish Desert Fox, Captain James Paddy Graydon and his suicide . . . Paddy Graydon was a former U S soldiers who led adventitious life after his discharge at age 26 in 1858 he opened the United State Boundary Hotel near Tucson His hotel saloon attracted the worse types, gamblers, prostitutes, filibusters, and gunslinger Paddy was also making money farming, as
First-hand account of Uptons Charge at Spotsylvania 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
Confederate Mountain Howitzer | Cannons Artillery Crew Served . . . 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 "spitting and sputtering" burning fuse before, and started to buck and try to run off The handler tried to regain control of the mule- of the bucking and turning mule
McGowans South Carolina Brigade at the Bloody Angle 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
Jenks Naval Carbine | Small Arms Ammunition - American Civil War Forums It was nicknamed the “Mule Ear” carbine because the percussion nipple is mounted on the right side of the gun as is the hammer and when fired the hammer swings sideways to strike the nipple It was said to resemble a mule’s ear Jenks was able to secure a U S Navy contract in the summer of 1841 for 1,000 carbines
Sherman - Shermans Field order No. 15 | Famous People of the Late . . . But I think Sherman always had a long term strategic view in all he did 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 this field order was revoked