70 THE MULE. 



J'lCTUEES (iF SOME OF OFK MOST CELEBRATED AEirT 



MOLES. 



I have had photographs taken of some of our mules. 

 A number of these animals performed extraordniary 

 service in connection with the Army of the Potomac 

 and the Western Army. One of them, a remarkable 

 animal, made the great circuit of Sherman's campaign, 

 and has an historical interest. I propose to give you 

 these illustrations according to their numbers. 



No. 1, then, is a very remarkable six-mule team. 

 It was fitted out at Berry ville, Maryland, early in the 

 spring of 1861, under the directions of Captain Saw- 

 telle, A. Q. M. They are all small, compact mules, 

 and I had them photographed in order to show them 

 together. The leaders and swing, or, as some call them, 

 the middle leaders, have been worked steadily together 

 in the same team since December 31, 1861. They 

 have also been driven by the same driver, a colored 

 man, of the name of Edward Wesley Williams. He 

 was with Captain Sawtelle until the 1st of Marcli, 

 1862 ; was then transferred, with his team, to the City 

 of Washington, and placed under a wagon-master of 

 the name of Horn, who belonged to llarrisburg. Pa. 

 AVesley took good care of his team, and was kept at 

 constant work with it in Washington, until May 14, 

 1862. He was then transferred, with his team, to a 

 train that was ordered to join General McClellan at 

 Fort Monroe. He then followed the fortunes of the 

 Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula ; was at the 

 siege of Yorktown, the battle of Williamsburg, and in 



