Jan 16, 2015 · Ammunition was getting very low in Battery B, 1st New Jersey, which was posted north of the Wheatfield Road, and east of the Peach Orchard (which extended north of said …

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 …

Nov 20, 2012 · 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 …

May 12, 2010 · Riding Morgan's Mule: A form of punishment in which the prisoner was forced to sit on, or straddle, a large sawhorse for hours at a time. The rail on which they sat was …

Nov 20, 2012 · 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 …

Mar 2, 2012 · Caption from negative sleeve: Four Mule Army Wagons, Army wagon going to Commissary Depot, for supplies, City Point, Va. Annotation from negative, image side: 2586. …

Feb 2, 2010 · Jenks Mule Ear Carbine-- Help. Thread starter JOHN42768; Start date Oct 27, 2018; JOHN42768 Colonel ...

May 12, 2010 · Actually I posted about the poem, "Charge of the Mule Brigade" in the Ladies' Tea thread Poems and Songs of the Civil War # 71. It was an anonymous poem penned by a …

Jan 29, 2019 · It was nicknamed the “Mule Ear” carbine because the percussion nipple is mounted on the right side of the gun as is the hammer and when fired the hammer swings …

Sep 25, 2015 · 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 …