Surprise! (03-27-15)

[St Albans Raid]

It appears to be look alike week, unfortunately, no photos on this one... This "mascot" apparently thought the two men looked enough alike so that at bedtime wanted to sleep with the look-alike. Who was the "mascot" that wanted to be the snuggle buddy? (What's the "mascot's" name?)

Edit - Apparently, the correct answer is Jason the donkey. Several players have provided sources supporting that answer.

Hoosier

 

[C.S.M 1861]

"An officer with the 3rd Louisiana had a pet donkey named Jason. Jason was allowed to sleep in his owner's tent at night (probably for the added warmth), but he sometimes got the wrong tent and tried to curl up next to the commander instead!"
http://guardianoftheartifacts.blogspot.com/2014/09/pets-and-mascots-of-civil-war.html

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

Jason the Donkey of the 3rd LA

 

[lelliott19]

'Jason' the donkey was the mascot of the 3rd Louisiana. He was allowed to sleep in the tent with his owner (an officer) but sometimes he would mistake the commander for his owner and try to enter the tent of the commander at bedtime.

 

[Brenal]

Jason, the donkey of the 3rd Louisiana CSA

 

[chellers]

This may be common knowledge, but with no point of reference the question is too vague for me. Pass...

 

[Littlestown]

Jason the donkey!

 

[GELongstreet]

3rd Louisiana's donkey Jason?

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

That would be "Jason", the donkey mascot of the 3rd Louisiana. Jason's former owner was a Frenchman named Chillon who (the story goes) trekked across the USA from California to Louisiana and attached himself to the Iberville Greys, a Creole company that became Co. A of the 3rd. Having shared his master's tent for so many months and apparently finding a resemblance between Chillon and the Lt. Col. of the 3rd, Jason often pushed his away into the officer's tent to spend the night.

Presumably the officer was Lt Col S M Hyams who was forced out of the war by a debilitating disease. In 1864, on their way by steamer up to Shreveport, the 3rd paused at Lac des Mures, Hyam's plantation, where he provided his former comrades (those of them left) with a grand feast. Evidently the Lt Col was happier sharing a house with his wife and daughter rather than a donkey.

 

[Northern Light]

The 3rd Louisiana CSA, had a donkey in its midst. The donkey would push into the commander's tent and try to sleep with him, mistaking the officer for his original owner. According to this site, the donkey's name was not recorded.https://books.google.ca/books?id=-v...=regimental mascots- civil war-donkey&f=false
This site, however, states that the donkey's name was Jason.http://guardianoftheartifacts.blogspot.ca/2014/09/pets-and-mascots-of-civil-war.html

 

[Copperhead-mi]

According to Foreigners in the Confederacy by Ella Lonn, pp.196-197, the mascot was Jason the donkey. He would sleep with his owner and sometimes sleep with the Regiment's commander.

 

[FarawayFriend]

My guess is a donkey called Jason.

"An officer with the 3rd Louisiana had a pet donkey named Jason.Jason was allowed to sleep in his owner's tent at night (probably for the added warmth), but he sometimes got the wrong tent and tried to curl up next to the commander instead!"

From: http://guardianoftheartifacts.blogspot.de/2014/09/pets-and-mascots-of-civil-war.html?m=1

 

[Seduzal]

Another No Clue answer. Sorry

 

[Stony]

Jason. He was a donkey with the 3rd Louisiana.

 

[sarladaise]

Donkey Jason was the 3rd Louisiana's mascot

 

[Cumpston1862]

"Jason" the donkey of the 3rd Louisiana Infantry

 

[Specster]

Jason the Donkey

 

[hoosier]

Beats me.

Handsome Dan, the Yale bulldog?

 

[rhettbutler1865]

It appears to be look alike week, unfortunately, no photos on this one... This "mascot" apparently thought the two men looked enough alike so that at bedtime wanted to sleep with the look-alike. Who was the "mascot" that wanted to be the snuggle buddy? (What's the "mascot's" name?)

Jason, the donkey