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 …
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...
Sherman - Sherman's Field order No. 15 | Famous People of the …
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 …
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. …
Four-mule army team and wagon | Period Photos & Examinations
Mar 2, 2012 · City Point, Virginia (vicinity). Four-mule army team and wagon. CREATED/PUBLISHED [1865] NOTES Caption from negative sleeve: Four Mule Army …
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 …
McGowan's South Carolina Brigade at the Bloody Angle
Nov 20, 2012 · 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 …
The Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
Oct 14, 2013 · 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 …
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, …
Special Field Orders, No. 15. | Civil War Potpourri
Feb 20, 2005 · If any one wants a mule they can have one of these mules. This is the origin of that famous phrase, "forty acres and a mule." As Campbell arrived to the island and they put …