The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-09
MULES.
Their Brilliant Service During Tie Late War
How They Deserted tho Confederate
for the Federal Army.
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ISL Louis Globe Democrat
A patriotic lad on the street violently waved
| the stars and stripes.
| A team or rusty-looking mules. attached to
| n Gravois road horse-carl SHE'D, and IT brakes
/ hadn't bren swiftly put IN tho long cared
| substitutes for locomotives would have run
away with tho car on 4 down grade. aud per
haps killed Il couple nf child passengers to
say nothing Of breaking the conductors now
be-punCh-
"Thems disIoyal mules" angrlly howIed Il
bucolic pnssenger: bet You anything you'll
find q. j. A. branded oyer their Pumps. They
amt reconstructed yet them mules"
Its little singular about mules," sentan-
tio,sIy observes II military looking gentle
man. The while stroking n fierce gray nous
| tachc. "Ihey played al important part In
employed them IA cavalry. Tho Yankee
! pckets used TO laugh ut US and shout over,
| There goes the rnb4' jaeSnss cavalry but
they soon came to using mules themselvee."
| Tho ubiquitous reporter bracah himself to
Withstand another possible attempt tO run
away on the part Of the mules. and with the
| remark TINT ho was injured In tho army on
the Union aido- md couldn't stand anything
worse than a snake story. invited tho ex- Con
felerate chieitain To organize, with him. n
campfire. and to fro OF the "Reminiscences
TINT was already fused aud might be expect
MI ~ 40 ut at any moment.
Mules are generally conservative In their
disposition" mused tho representative Of the
VIII. .,si pos'-
"li,. NE r,,I river c,mn,io, for ,,sta.,
wa captured u lot or Federal mules Wan,
GNr 4. J Smith came up. and We someway
didn't like him rs we'll as we did Banks lie
was IL good soldier. Snlith W;ut."
"fnFs lat tste4ttt H. ttttftt>tsft
"Oh, yes, WAS coming a. that. We cap
turcd those mules, sir near Sabine cross
roads. think II was. Tho Federals. In their
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were usad nnt onIv Nv tba ,v,,on. ,.,., t'"y
mi alsn by some of the battariaa III thn
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nni,, ~ tr.ns,,nr,,n,, ~ h,t ,nn1l n's
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should have unun hncI tn tho iTnharni ca .s
anu fha, r,,st hn,n ,aasnd h,t ,,a,n ii, ,a,,l
Iinna ~. md hnnyy t,tn,r ,yo s .,n :, :,
"psrhnna II was mere channS tnnIr III th,,,
incl, ~ Innvhn M ntha, rnnd ,voa a,'an w.
"Nn air. fhev ronsnnnd What -, o.,
Facts2' Why ai,, onr annnlina ,,nI ~ ,, 1,a
,,n and ,vn yn,., shnrf ~ fn,.a1yn Wn ha,,,,
,nd them Thev knew that thsw Ind lar t, aorr
n,,a thni ,nas,i rn'it, l IL. L.. XXI
il going back thav could get rorare ,,'ta ''"e
.T I thsv w ys simnlv h,n r","se and wow.
All, rnnr I'M, IN th.ir ~, go WOW
..I,,t nc IN I'M I' tha,. l'nnn I'M, ~.
corn IN thu EsdornI ,,mns .rhoyy 'p rnna Rei
that aa thnv NH lnft cnr mi M ~, r'' hnhn,.
mnantima cnn,a ~, and nnnt,,r,I tha ~ y .,an,.
why the corn wns atiI there. ca th,r ,o, ,'.,;
after IL !" nm '''os 49,
s.rhrv ware laval ANYWAY"
"yes NO laval in IN" Inv -. - ,,,.,t ,,,,,
other Inhabitants ii thnt sentim ,ysr. a nhn,;,
those times. Penplc who when wa " ,rore
,hn,,t ,,rnrnss,d ,tbora,,nn ~ r,,, . w. nu.u