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"[African American] drivers of the baggage train attached to General Pleasonton's Cavalry brigade watering their mules in the Rappahannock. General Pleasonton's cavalry was attended by a very efficient forage brigade, consisting of mules and [African American] riders. Our sketch represents their drivers taking them to water at the river. The hard work these animals will endure is something wonderful, and justifies the high estimation in which they are held in the army." — Frank Leslie, 1896

Baggage Train

"[African American] drivers of the baggage train attached to General Pleasonton's Cavalry brigade watering…

"Scene in camp near Falmouth, Va. Army blacksmith shoeing a refractory mule."— Frank Leslie, 1896

Blacksmith

"Scene in camp near Falmouth, Va. Army blacksmith shoeing a refractory mule."— Frank Leslie, 1896

"Is between the common deer and the American elk in size. Its horns are round and twice forked; the body above is brownish gray; the tail ash color above, black near the tipl belly grayish white; hair coarse like that of the elk; the ears long, giving name to the species for their resemblance to those of the mule." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Mule Deer

"Is between the common deer and the American elk in size. Its horns are round and twice forked; the…

The tame donkey used as a beast of burden.

Domestic Donkey

The tame donkey used as a beast of burden.

A tame donkey with a off-white coat.

White Donkey

A tame donkey with a off-white coat.

Two donkeys racing with people riding on them.

Donkey Race

Two donkeys racing with people riding on them.

"The mule is in fact an exceedingly hardy, strong, and useful animals. In all mountain countries, for its sureness of foot, its instinctive caution in choosing the path, and its skillful management in descending a perilous and steep track." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Abyssinian Mule

"The mule is in fact an exceedingly hardy, strong, and useful animals. In all mountain countries, for…

Queen Isabella of Spain Mounted on a mule.

Queen Isabella

Queen Isabella of Spain Mounted on a mule.

"Probably no inventive contribution has been offered to the cotton trade more important than the mule. Samuel Crompton of Bolton completes in 1775 his invention of the mule jenny, contriving which he had been engages for several years. But this machine, possessing great merit and advantages, did not come into general use, nor was its value known, until after the expiration of Arkwright's patent, the spinner till then being confined to the rove prepared from common jenny spinning, which was unsuitable to the mule jenny." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

The Mule

"Probably no inventive contribution has been offered to the cotton trade more important than the mule.…

"In 1818 William Eator obtained a patent for a self-acting mule, in which the operations ordinarily performed by the spinner were effected by automatic means, and this machine, though not extensively adopted, contained several ingenious arrangements." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Mule

"In 1818 William Eator obtained a patent for a self-acting mule, in which the operations ordinarily…

Hard Times Token (unknown) US coin from 1834.. Obverse has a left-facing image of Andrew Jackson holding a sword and money bags, surrounded by the inscription - A PLAIN SYSTEM VOID OF POMP. Reverse shows the image of a balking mule and is inscribed with - THE CONSTITUTION AS I UNDERSTAND IT ROMAN FIRMNESS LL.D. 1834

Copper Hard Times Token, 1834

Hard Times Token (unknown) US coin from 1834.. Obverse has a left-facing image of Andrew Jackson holding…

Hard Times Token (unknown) US coin from 1837. Obverse has a tortoise carrying a chest marked SUB TREASURY. The inscription beneath the turtle reads - 1837 FISCAL AGENT. The surrounding inscription reads EXECUTIVE EXPERIMENT. Reverse shows the left-facing image of a mule surrounded by the inscription - I FOLLOW IN THE STEPS OF MY ILLUSTRIOUS PREDECESSOR.

Copper Hard Times Token, 1837

Hard Times Token (unknown) US coin from 1837. Obverse has a tortoise carrying a chest marked SUB TREASURY.…

A donkey hee-hawing.

Donkey

A donkey hee-hawing.

A decorative border with a donkey being pulled, and then in the barn eating hay.

Donkey Border

A decorative border with a donkey being pulled, and then in the barn eating hay.

An illustration of an adult male sitting upon a mule.

Man on Horse

An illustration of an adult male sitting upon a mule.

This image depicts citizens along a narrow road in Spain. A woman rests in chair while donkeys walk on the other side of the road.

Narrow Street in Spain

This image depicts citizens along a narrow road in Spain. A woman rests in chair while donkeys walk…

An illustration of an elderly man resting on the back of his mule.

Man and Mule

An illustration of an elderly man resting on the back of his mule.

An illustration of a man riding a mule.

Man on Mule

An illustration of a man riding a mule.

A wood-saw hanging on a sawhorse, which is a legged beam to support a piece of wood while sawing.

Sawhorse

A wood-saw hanging on a sawhorse, which is a legged beam to support a piece of wood while sawing.

An illustration of a group of children riding a mule.

Children Riding Mule

An illustration of a group of children riding a mule.

An illustration of a child being kicked by a donkey.

Donkey Kicking Child

An illustration of a child being kicked by a donkey.

A road vehicle like this one is a mechanical means of conveyance, a carriage or transport. Vehicles may be propelled or pulled by engines or animals including humans, for instance, a chariot, a stagecoach, a mule-drawn barge, an ox-cart or rickshaw. However, animals on their own, though used as a means of transport, are not called vehicles, but rather beasts of burden or draft animals. This distinction includes humans carrying another human, for example a child or a disabled person.

Road Vehicle

A road vehicle like this one is a mechanical means of conveyance, a carriage or transport. Vehicles…

The animal life of Assyria was extremely varied. This image depicts a mule from this area.

Assyrian Mule

The animal life of Assyria was extremely varied. This image depicts a mule from this area.

A spinning machine invented by Samuel Crompton. It spins textile fibers into yarn by an intermittent process.

Spinning Mule

A spinning machine invented by Samuel Crompton. It spins textile fibers into yarn by an intermittent…

A mule is a member of the horse family. A mule is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse, while a hinny is a cross between a male horse and a female donkey, but is not the name of a female mule. Mules are more common than hinnies. Because horses and donkeys have different numbers of chromosomes,all male and most female mules and hinnies are infertile crossbreeds.

Mule & Hinny

A mule is a member of the horse family. A mule is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse,…

Cotton manufacturing. Fig. 5C, mule spinning machine.

Mule-spinning Machine

Cotton manufacturing. Fig. 5C, mule spinning machine.