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- 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
- riding Morgans mule | From Abatis to Zouave! (A to Z)
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
- Mule Team Charge on July 2 | Gettysburg - American Civil War Forums
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 were ready to jump into his wagon and unload the boxes of ammunition
- 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
- The Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
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 S Hancock launched a major assault on the tip of the Confederate salient named the "Mule Shoe" for its U shape
- The Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
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 Courthouse, May 12th, 1864
- Lincoln - The Mules Tail - American Civil War Forums
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 length the mule succeeded in throwing the boy into his father's tan bark, for' said Lincoln, "the old man was a tanner "
- Jenks Naval Carbine - American Civil War Forums
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 opened by pulling up and back on a hooked handle As the breech block was opened an internal bolt would be pulled back
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