This morning the companies send details with the mules out on the commons to graze. Of all the stubborn and aggravating beings on earth, the mule is the chiefest. It would make a saint swear to lead a mule. Whenever they discover a a soldier is vexed, they draw back their ears and look so provokingly mean at him, taking all the delight imaginable in tormenting and teasing their master.
SOURCE: Daniel Leib Ambrose, History
of the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, p. 178-9
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