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 …
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). …
What happened to the horses? - American Civil War Forums
Aug 1, 2022 · I was somewhat surprised to learn that both horses and mules (at least on the Union side) where practicable, were sold off once it was determined they weren't fit for further use based on …
How were wounded horses treated in the Civil War?
Dec 27, 2020 · Equine usage was of vital importance in the Civil War. Have seen it described that horses (and mules) performed as 'living machines'. Their power was used to pull wagons and …
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 …
Mules dressed as reindeer | Four Footed Friends
May 23, 2018 · One hundred mules were packed with hard bread, pork, coffee and sugar and, guarded by the ninety mounted men , filed up from the harbor wharfs through the congested streets of …
Some Horse Waste Gettysburg Statistics | Gettysburg
Jan 17, 2012 · Just some small streams, some that were quickly polluted by dead horses and mules. Even to this day, Gettysburg has had a shortage of water, even for only 100,000 or so current …
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 …
Confederate Mountain Howitzer - American Civil War Forums
Apr 10, 2012 · Stonewall Jackson attempted to use pack mule carried mountain howitzers in the Valley campaign, but the mules were not accustomed to gunfire and behaved very poorly. (Imagine a full …