Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-18

FUL Doc OG-During the progress OF this
war many incidents have been brought
TO light partaking so meeh OF the char
acter Of Wild and thrilling romance, that
TO thoss not given to idle day-dreaming,
or TO indulge in speculative theories, or
bright. glowing visions, they seem more
Ike the sportive creation Of fancy than
the embodiment OF reality; and, in many
cases, when we hear ofthese remarkable
Incidents, we are 10th to believe because
We did not Stiffness their occurrence with
our own eyes. We are always more
ready to believe when seeing a thing
than when hearing of it The war has
developed many heroes, not only among
men but among animals We learn OF
the GOODNESS aud sngacity Of the war
hose, the devotion aud fearlessness Of
some petied bird, and, lastly, of the noble
fsithfulness and heroism Of the dog. The
horse, without betraying an emotion OF
fear, hears bis gallant rider into the very
jaws Of death; the bird proudly flaps its
wings and adds its song TO the screseh
aud roar Of battle and the dog bravely
advances with his loved master when the
regiment sweeps forward on the terrible
charge, and be is fearless and even sport
i've amid the fearful sheet of fame, the
laundering echoes, and carnage Of the
dread battle field. II the master falls,
he watches by his side, and fondly licks
his bleeding wounds. Brave in spirit, and
faithful in sagacity, the dog is the proud
est Of the heroes Of the dumb-brnts crea-
tion.
Yesterday We gaze1 upon one oftheso
dog heroes, and learned his eventinl
story. Three years ago, when the llth
Ohio, left Columbus, Ohio, for the field
Of war, a young lady presented TO com
pAny a of the regiment a beauit-
ful, bright-eyed spaniel The dog
was young, became the pet of the
company The men guarded il at first
as much for the bright eyes Of the fair
lady as for the docility and sagseity Of
the animal The spaniel was named
Carly, and It early formed warm at
tAehment for the company, and shared
in oil its triuTuphs and dangers. The
regiment was FIRST thrown into Virginia,
and in all the bloody scenes Of the East
ern campaign--the sanguinary battles
fought by Mcclellan. Curly followed
his compaRy, and, amid the smoke, fame,
ERE, and carBage, exhibited q eoolness
and bravery marked snd astonishing. Il
mattsred not where the company charged,
il was followed by the faithful dog.
At two different times Curly was se-
verely wounded on the battle e-felds Of
Virginia The members ofthe company
kindly dressed the bleeding wounds and
aursed their pet until be was agais able
for the march. The old lIth, with Gen.
H0okers corps, was transfsrred 20 tbs
Army of he Southwest At the battle OF
Chickamsuga, the faithful dog was again
wounded, and separated from the Tegf-
nsnt The men thought thai he had
been killed, and gave up all hopes OF
ever seeing him again. Abost three
weeks after the fght, ths regiment was
surprised 10 see the wounded dog coming
limping into camp. As SOON as he found
bis old company, Curly, exhibited the
widest joy He was redaeed almost to
skeleton, and appeared to be suffering
deeply Yet, whenz foudled by the msn, (,
be barked and wagged his tail with IN
mistakabls delight. Skilful nursing and
kind attention had powerful influence
on the dog, and be rapidly recraited in
strength, and grew much better. At
the stormisg Of Lookout Mountain, the
llth, Ohio aided in the gallant charge,
and bravely faced the storm Of leaden
hail Again Curly was unfortunate; he
was severely wounded in the right
shoulder BY Mimic ball, from the effects
Of which be is now suffering. When the
4 lIth, passed through Nashville some two
weeks ago on route for home to be mus
tered out Of the service the faithfsl AMI.
/ NAL, in the hustle Of the movement, was
separated from the msn and left behind.
! On arriving at Louisville, the regimen;
offered large reward 20 anybody who
would recovered and restore 70 them
their idol-lhe noble, faithful Curly
/ The reward prompted parties to make
diligent search, and yesterday the dog
was received from Nashville at the Office
Of Captain Dunn, 20 be forwarded q
Columbus, Ohio he ia sill suffering
from his last wound, yet wears cheer
fol look. Around his neck is . stee
collar-placsd there three years ago--
with the following inscription: Il an
company As dog whose dog are you
llth Ohio volunteer Infantry Q. ;. A.
We understand that this noble hero ei
the canine species will be forwarded e
the Governor Of Ohio to-day, who intends
to make him an honorary member OF the
capital. He returns from the battle
field "war-worn veteran, marked with
honorabls wounds, and With history o.
which the proudest might we'll be proud
Noble Curly, faithful dog the State o
Ohio should gratefully cherish yeul
memory as the noblsst Of your species
/ CHANGE OF EXCHANGE
A NEW RRAE GEM MEET