Mules- shavetails ,belled tails and bell sharps | Four Footed Friends
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 show the …
Estimated Number of Horses and Mules in a Confederate Infantry …
Jan 16, 2015 · 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 …
The Irish Desert Fox, Captain James 'Paddy' Graydon and his suicide ...
Aug 25, 2012 · One of his operations involved loading 24-pound howitzer shells on the backs of two old mules. Graydon approached the Confederate camp and led the mules across the river, lit the fuse, …
4-Legged Victims of the July 3rd Artillery Barrage | Gettysburg
Jun 6, 2010 · 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 …
Period Photos & Examinations - American Civil War Forums
Oct 10, 2012 · 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). …
How many wagons per corps - American Civil War Forums
Mar 13, 2014 · 2. 21,628 Mules 3. 4,302 army wagons 4. 89 2-horse wagons 5. 928 Ambulances 6. 216 pack mules VI Corps had the most wagons and ambulances with 675, XII Corps has the least at 481 …
Wagon Train of the Army of the Potomac – Length and Composition
Jan 16, 2015 · 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 …
Lincoln - The Mule's Tail - American Civil War Forums
Oct 10, 2012 · 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 …
The Dead Confederate Artillery Horses at Gettysburg
Jun 18, 2005 · 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 …
March 28, 2026: New Book on Civil War Animals Featured at Nat'l …
Aug 8, 2011 · Author and museum volunteer Brad Stone will discuss his new book, "Hooves, Paws, and Claws for the Cause" at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick, Maryland, on March …