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 show the mastered skill. First bell was added when the animal could pack Second bell was added when the animal could...

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 Beckwith (pictured above) who enlisted in the 121st New York Volunteer Infantry at the young age of 16 in 1862.

2012年11月20日 · With the Yankee troops continuing to pour into the captured salient, Gordon gathered two brigades commanded by Colonels Clement A. Evans and John S. Hoffman-some 3,500 men-and rushed them towards the eastern flank of the mule shoe. when these reinforcements swung into line of battle and prepared to attack, General Lee rode forward to …

2021年4月9日 · I thought I would share a more personal connection to the horrific fighting at the Mule Shoe on May 12. My direct ancestor, Thomas H. Stewart served in the 12th New Jersey Co. H. and was killed at some point in the fighting. I would like to share an account from Company F. of the 12th NJ during the fight.

2011年8月12日 · (Autobiography of George P. Metcalf, 136th New York) "Heavy army wagons drawn by six or eight mules, with a driver on the near mule … driver on tongue drives his three span of ugly, kicking, fractious mules by a system of slapping, spurring and jerking of the line." Here are some related citations on which to draw your own conclusions:

2023年7月12日 · Map of the Mule Shoe..less than 2 miles wide! Maps of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House - Encyclopedia Virginia The position of Confederate troops (red) and Union troops (blue) are shown on these maps that plot the action on May 10 and May 12, 1864, during the nearly two-week-long Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.

2013年10月14日 · Private Tisdale Stepp resided in Buncombe County and was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting at age 20, May 3, 1861. In the middle of the fight at the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania, Stepp struck up "The Bonnie Blue Flag" while stepping ahead, loading, firing, and singing at the same time. Soon the whole company was singing while fighting.

2015年1月16日 · I am most impressed with those risky cases where ammunition was delivered to the very front, for instance, in the case of the "mule charge" to supply the Iron Brigade, or the 17th Maine just as it came off the line in the Wheatfield. That required initiative and courage on the part of the ordnance officer and/or ordnance sergeant.

2015年9月25日 · I just ran across this guy for the first time. It appears he was quite a character in the New Mexico territory for Colonel Canby. An Irish emigrant who had a flare for being in the right place at the right time. I found the story of his "Mule Bomb Attack" to be quite entertaining. So I thought I would share it with you.

2011年8月27日 · Paddy Graydon was a former U.S. soldiers who led adventitious life after his discharge at age 26. in 1858 he opened the United State Boundary Hotel near Tucson. His hotel/saloon attracted the worse types, gamblers, prostitutes, filibusters, and gunslinger. Paddy was also making money farming, as...