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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
- Estimated Number of Horses and Mules in a Confederate Infantry Brigade . . .
Summary: Based on extent examples and research, my (conservative) estimate for a typical Confederate brigade works out to 186 horses and mules, assuming the brigade comprised four regiments of average size, broken out as follows Brigade Staff: 12 horses (see Note A) Two brigade
- Period Photos Examinations - American Civil War Forums
Battery M, 2nd U S Artillery in the field, 1862 A standard Battery contained 6 of the same type of gun, each pulled by 6 horses (mules generally did not have the temperament for combat) Each cannon had a support caisson, with 2 ammunition chests, also pulled by 6 horses All the horses are
- 4-Legged Victims of the July 3rd Artillery Barrage | Gettysburg
An estimated 4,400 horses were killed at Gettysburg among the approximately 36,000 in the battle (Mark Atkin, The Gettysburg Companion) Army supply and artillery trains were mostly pulled by mules, which were usually not within artillery range, but there were exceptions Pack mules were also still in use Two pack mules of Meade's mess that carried coffee and sugar were killed at the Leister
- Wagon Train of the Army of the Potomac – Length and Composition
Horses were soon exchanged for mules (Edmund R Brown, Twenty-Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, pp 49-50) However, when General Sheridan set out on his 1864 campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, his wagons reportedly totaled almost 1,000, stretched more than 10 miles, and required four hours to pass a single point
- Teamster Stories and Anecdotes - American Civil War Forums
Heavy army wagons are drawn by six or eight mules … driver on the tongue drives his three span of ugly, kicking, fractious mules by a system of slapping, spurring and jerking of the line (Autobiography of George Perry Metcalf, Company D, 136th New York, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus) June [25], 1863, at Barnesville, Maryland
- The Dead Confederate Artillery Horses at Gettysburg
Sadly, the suffering of horses and mules continued through both World War's All the World War I armies used animals as the main form of transport from the rails to the front and to move artillery, though trucks were beginning to be used And they all kept large amounts of cavalry cluttering up their supply lines, waiting for the big breakout
- Lincoln - The Mules Tail - American Civil War Forums
I read this on www abrahamlincolnsclassroom org (Recalling an evening at Ford's Theatre when Lincoln seemed bored, sitting with his eyes closed ) Suddenly I felt his heavy hand on my shoulder, and in place of the worn and wearied man who looked so haggard as if soul and body might part then
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