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...
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 Shenandoah Valley, his wagons reportedly totaled almost 1,000, stretched more than 10 miles, and required four hours to pass a single point.
Breeding For A Mule? — Mules and More Magazine by Lisa Fergason, Equines by Design, Sanger, Texas Reprinted from the January 1997 issue of Mules and More Do you want to raise a good mule colt? By good, I mean a mule that possesses a pleasant, willing disposition and conformation that allows him to be sound and athletic for
The U.S. used mules extensively in Italy, and to a lesser degree in Burma. And, of course, the reason 'ol Teddys' Roughriders were mostly on foot in Cuba was that they just shoved all the horses overboard a mile or so from shore. Some swam out to sea, not knowing any better, while others headed towards shore and didn't make it.
An estimated 4,400 horses were killed at Gettysburg among the approximately 36,000 in the battle (Mark Atkin, The Gettysburg Companion). Army supply and artillery trains were mostly pulled by mules, which were usually not within artillery range, but there were exceptions. Pack mules were also still in use. Two pack mules of Meade's mess that carried coffee and sugar were killed at the Leister ...