Mules- shavetails ,belled tails and bell sharps
2011年8月23日 · 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
2012年11月20日 · 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...
Member Review - The Heart of Hell: The Soldiers' Struggle for ...
2013年5月3日 · The struggle over the fortified Confederate position known as Spotsylvania's Mule Shoe was without parallel during the Civil War. A Union assault that began at 4:30 A.M. on …
Sherman - Sherman's Field order No. 15 | Famous People of the …
2012年10月10日 · 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 …
Mules dressed as reindeer | Four Footed Friends
2018年5月23日 · 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
2012年11月20日 · 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
2012年11月20日 · 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. …
Mule Shoe salient: 'Horror of the melee' | Eastern Theater
2016年5月24日 · 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 …
Special Field Orders, No. 15. | Civil War Potpourri
2005年2月20日 · 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 …
The Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
2013年10月14日 · 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 …