Mules | search
Click here to view Mules news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- Number of Ambulances and Other Medical Vehicles with the Armies at ...Total: 194 (with 194 teamsters, 776 horses and mules) Grand Total: 1,112 vehicles (with 1,112 teamsters and 2,780 horses and mules). Confederate Army: I estimate the Army of Northern Virginia embarked on the campaign with only an estimated 438 vehicles: Ambulances (estimate 2 per 10 companies): First Corps: 108 Second Corps: 123 Third Corps: 115
- Monument to horses and mules killed in warThis three-quarter sized statue is dedicated to the million and a half horses and mules that perished or were used during the Civil War. It was dedicated in the summer of 1997. This statue was commissioned by Paul Mellon who served at Fort Riley during World War II and sculpture was designed by Tessa Pullan.
- How were wounded horses treated in the Civil War?Have seen it described that horses (and mules) performed as 'living machines'. Their power was used to pull wagons and artillery, carry supplies, as well as to transport soldiers. It's commonly estimated that 1.5 million horses and mules died (either from wounds or disease), out of about 3 million in use, during their wartime service.
- Mules- shavetails ,belled tails and bell sharpsInteresting 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...
- Four-mule army team and wagon | Period Photos & ExaminationsCity Point, Virginia (vicinity). Four-mule army team and wagon. CREATED/PUBLISHED [1865] NOTES 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. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2586A)...
More
