To: norton
For the flip side of Confederate cavalry action, I had an ancestor commanding mounted Texas cavalry (1st?) under Sibley in New Mexico. I'm sure he served well before and/or after that fiasco but reading up on it was like a 'Bullmoose meets F Troop' satire.On both sides. On that campaign some Federal troops decided they would stamped a herd of cattle the Confederates had. They loaded up an old mule with percussion caps or something that would explode, lit a fuse, and beat the mule so it headed toward the cattle. However, the mule turned around and headed back toward the Federals. The Feds ran away like crazy before the mule blew up.
True story apparently.
To: rustbucket
To: rustbucket
To: rustbucket
A book on the war in the (real) west might be short, but it would be a great read.
114 posted on
12/10/2007 10:01:48 PM PST by
norton
(deep down inside you know that Fred is your second choice - but he's looking better)
To: rustbucket
the "image" of an exploding mule (though certainly "hard on" the mule) makes me laugh.
THAT i would have like to have seen!
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213 posted on
12/13/2007 8:12:01 AM PST by
stand watie
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