Hi! Guess that title got your attention! I have several different families that are giving me a similar story as to what happen to a soldier during the civil war and I was wondering if any one else had heard a similar story. The first version was about a not so young soldier that just could not pass up a challenge or a bet. The company had a very stubborn mule, that would not let anyone shoe it. This soldier said there was never a mule born that he could not shoe. Well somehow while trying to shoe the old mule the soldier got kicked in the head and died. The second version was that while crossing a stream, a young soldier was having trouble with a mule that did not want to cross the stream and somehow got kicked in the head by the mule. The third version was about some scouts for the "army" that had a few too many drinks and were betting about taming a mule. Whenever anyone would come near the animal it would buck and try to harm the men. The more they drank the braver they got, until one of the men was kicked in the head and killed. I have heard these stories from my Whitten and Clark and Nichols families. Has anyone heard similar stories about their civil war soldiers? Doris