These two different sized mule shoes were recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. The larger shoe shows the fuller, a groove in the shoe to allow for the nail to be driven into the hoof. When compared to a horseshoe, mule shoes have a U-like shape. These mule shoes were cleaned by electrolysis which passes an electrical current through a liquid solution to separate the rust from the artifact. The site was the location where on October 25, 1864 Union and Confederate forces fought one of the largest cavalry battles in the Civil War.
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Muleshoes from the Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield, 14LN337 - 1