riding Morgan's mule | From Abatis to Zouave! (A to Z)
May 23, 2012. #1. 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 sometimes 15 feet above the ground and accessible only by a ladder. If the prisoner joked about needing spurs, bricks were hung from his feet.
Shelby's Mule (Waiting on the Federals) Lyrics.
Aug 4, 2007 · 1st Verse: [SIZE=+1]The Union folks away up north were one time much afraid,[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]'Bout something coming from the South, they said it was a raid.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Now I will tell you what it was, if you will just keep cool—[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]It had long ears, and a long slick tail, and called Jo Shelby's Mule.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]CHORUS ...
Guthrie and the Mule: 1st Iowa, 1861 | Four Footed Friends
Aug 27, 2011 · Guthrie put his gun-sling around the mule’s neck and rode on in the column. Then he let one of the tired boys ride, and in a little while Guthrie had established a hospital with a one-mule ambulance attachment. (p.269) Everywhere that Guthrie went that mule was sure to go. The mule seemed to place the utmost confidence in Guthrie, and Guthrie ...
The Mule Shoe salient at Spotsylvania | Eastern Theater
Jun 3, 2013. Location. Columbus, OH. Jul 23, 2014. #1. I recently visited the Mule Shoe salient at Spotsylvania and was fortunate enough to find myself the only person there for a solid window of about 15 or 20 minutes (it was around 10:00am). Just me, the flowers & grasses, and the chorus of buzzing insects and chirping birds.
2nd Manassas - That poor mule.... | First Bull Run & Second …
Jan 31, 2022 · The mule and gun (pointed toward the animal's rear) were placed; the gun sighted, and the fuse lighted. The fizzle-sizzle of the lighted fuse attracted the attention of the beast, and he commenced an investigation as to the noise and smoke, by whirling round and round, swapping ends so fast that the inspecting officers were anxious to get out ...
The Charge of the Mule Brigade | Civil War Potpourri
Jun 2, 2013 · It resulted from the Battle of Wauhatchie, fought just outside Chattanooga, on October 28-29, 1863. A rumor circulated through the Union camps that Union mules stampeded by the fight had made the Confederates believe they were being attacked by cavalry, causing the Southern retreat at Wauhatchie. The Union soldiers joked that the mules be ...
Captivating read about the mule team's charge on the 1st day
Feb 22, 2013 · History of Battery B said: (Chapter 4, The Gettysburg Campaign, Page 74) Our ammunition was running very low. Orderly Sergeant Galbraith was sent to the rear after John Cronk, whose six-mule team was loaded with extra ammunition. About 6 o'clock Cronk came up on a dead run. Under orders, we were ready to jump into his wagon and unload the boxes ...
Root Hog or Die and other Expressions Our Kids Don't Understand
Mar 2, 2022 · "Grinning like a mule eating briars" is another one I doubt the kids would understand. I still don't understand everything about that phrase myself. Yeah, I've always understood it referred to a goofy smile, but I've never understood the eating briars part.
Brevet Horse | From Abatis to Zouave! (A to Z)
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 Union soldier after the Battle of Wauhatchie, Tn. on Oct. 28, 1863.
C.S. Uniform Patterns? | Reenactors Forum - American Civil War …
Joined. Nov 1, 2011. Location. Alabama. Oct 3, 2013. #3. D.H. Hill said: I'm looking for patterns for a mid-late war ANV uniform, i.e. Richmond Depot type ii Jacket and Mule-ear trousers. My research so far has led me to consider Country Cloth and Galla Rock.