riding Morgan's mule | From Abatis to Zouave! (A to Z)
May 12, 2010 · 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 …
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 …
Mule Team "Charge" on July 2 | Gettysburg - American Civil War …
Jan 16, 2015 · 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 …
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 …
Mule Teams | Four Footed Friends
Jun 25, 2019 · So, treat a mule right and it will treat you right, but left to their own discretion they will not pull an overloaded wagon up a hill. Agreed on every point. Just think of the misery (and …
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. …
Confederate Mountain Howitzer | Cannons / Artillery & Crew …
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 …
Mule Shoe salient: 'Horror of the melee' | Eastern Theater
May 24, 2016 · Many realized after the Mule Shoe's construction that it was not the best position; IIRC, the line was laid out by one of Ed Johnson's aides, who was not a professional engineer. …
How many wagons per corps - American Civil War Forums
Aug 23, 2011 · A good six-mule team, in the best season of the year, could haul 4,000 pounds. In practice, wagons seldom hauled such loads because of poor roads. So despite the varying …
GRAPHIC - 1865/1866 pictures of the Wilderness Battlefield
Apr 12, 2014 · The house and farm were located inside the Mule Shoe salient, about several hundred yards behind John B. Gordon's reserve line. Just ahead of the Harrison House was …