126 MULES AND MULE BREEDING. 



until May_, 1862, then transferred to tlie army of the 

 Potomac, re-shipped for Washington, employed in hauling 

 ammunition at the battle of Bull Run, and afterwards 

 followed the army of the Potomac under Grant till 1864. 

 The mules were worked every day until Richmond was 

 taken, and in 1865 transferred back to Washington, and 

 at the end of 1866 were still w^orking in the train, and 

 regarded as one of the best military teams going. They 

 were all under 14^ hands. They had frequently been 

 without bite of hay or grain for four or five days, and for 

 twenty-four hours without water. 



Riley, in his work on the mule, published in 1867, gives 

 numerous examples of other teams which did equally good 

 work. 



