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- Mules- shavetails ,belled tails and bell sharps | Four Footed Friends
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 mastered skill First bell was added when the animal could pack Second bell was added when the animal could
- Estimated Number of Horses and Mules in a Confederate Infantry Brigade . . .
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 four regiments of average size, broken out as follows Brigade Staff: 12 horses (see Note A) Two brigade
- What happened to the horses? - American Civil War Forums
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 Quartermaster criteria (which were fairly strict on paper) about their health and relative ability to perform
- x-country speed of horse-drawn artillery? - American Civil War Forums
The first two didn't move real fast either and they were typically drawn by mules, not horses, and those weren't as fast although perhaps a bit less fragile and more sure-footed
- Charge Of The Mule Brigade - American Civil War Forums
From The Original Civil War Buff Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1863 "During the night battle of October 27-28, some mules, panicking from the noise of firing, broke free from their harnesses and stampeded toward a Confederate unit The Confederates, unable to see and confusing the sound of mules' hooves with a cavalry charge, panicked and ran away
- How many wagons per corps - American Civil War Forums
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 wagons and ambulances At an average of 20 yards per wagon with 3 4 a mile for straggling I Corps would have taken up 5 1 4 miles to 5 3 4 miles of road
- The Irish Desert Fox, Captain James Paddy Graydon and his suicide . . .
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, and guided them toward the Confederate camp where he expected the mules to find Confederate mules and join with them
- Confederate Mountain Howitzer - American Civil War Forums
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 grown mule on the ground trying to scrape something off its back and you have the picture ) This was a battery under Imboden
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