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 …
Mules at Civil war reenactments. | Reenactors Forum - Join, Drill, See ...
Mar 4, 2015 · Mules have been widely used for transporting artillery throughout the history of our army.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Special Field Orders, No. 15. | Civil War Potpourri
Feb 20, 2005 · Plus, Sherman says, the Army's got tons of mules, which we don't really need. They're broken down from our long march. If any one wants a mule they can have one of these mules. This …
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 …
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 …