. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . enses. He nourished his long whip,shouted his mule lingo at the team, and the mules pulled frantically, butnot together. Cant you make your mules pull together ? I inquired. Demmules pull right smart! said the driver. Cocking and capping my unloadedmusket, I brought it to the shoulder and again commanded the driver, Getthat team out of the mud! The negro rolled his eyes wildly and woke upall over. He first patted his saddle mule, spoke to each one, and then, flour-ishing his long
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . enses. He nourished his long whip,shouted his mule lingo at the team, and the mules pulled frantically, butnot together. Cant you make your mules pull together ? I inquired. Demmules pull right smart! said the driver. Cocking and capping my unloadedmusket, I brought it to the shoulder and again commanded the driver, Getthat team out of the mud! The negro rolled his eyes wildly and woke upall over. He first patted his saddle mule, spoke to each one, and then, flour-ishing his long whip with a crack like a pistol, shouted, Go long dar ! what Ifeed yo fo! and the mule team left the slough in a very expeditious procuring luxuries of eggs or milk, we paid the people at first in sil-ver, and they gave us local scrip in change; but we found on attempting topay it out again that they were rather reluctant to receive it, even at that early stage in Confederate finance, andmuch preferred Yankee silver or the afternoon of April 5th, 1862,the advance of our column was brought. 1 GET THAT TEAM OUT OF THE MUD ! YORKTOWN AND WILLIAMSBURG. 193
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