Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-14
Pets of the Wa,

NcSU 10 inc morse, the dog Is the
best tried OF mans dumb comrades
and in war he takes about the same
place relatively that he has at home.
He appeals to sympathy and gives
sympathy in return, acting almost
humanity where his own interest or
that of his friends is concerned In
the Virginia campaigns of 1861 and
1862 canine waif named Bulge at
tached himself to the regiment in
which / served, the Twenty-seventh
New York, in the following manner;
At the first Bnll Run he lost his left
foreleg while chasing shells and
cannon-balls as they struck the
earth. He was at the time
familiar visitor in the camp and
after the troops arrived at Alexandria
he h. billed into the lines and the
stub was amputated and dressed by
our surgeon, Major Norman S. Barnes.
Budge recovered ana returned to his
home in another New York camp. In
subsequent marches he kept up his
acquaintance with the men of thA
Twentyseventh and we knew his hi ).
tory to the end. At Antietam. when
the Union line advanced over the corr
field with its acres of dead an,
wounded, Budga was foam |, lifelcss,
and nestling close to wounded sol
dier of the brigade the poor dog had
chung to for over year. The soldier
had often fed Badge and they wera
good friends. They entered the corn
field together and when his chum fell
the dog remained by him. During
charge of the Confelerates Bulge stood
up and showed fight as only dog
could, and receiving mortal
bullet wound ran to the side of his
helpless comrlde and died under his
careSses.
Another Yankee dog bor> the sol
dIerly name of Major. lie was II true
'Yanl;' and marched with the Tenth
Maine. Major found b title great
sport, and would chase til. large mis-
siles rolling along Is though they
were rubber balls or ston.s If one
bored its way into the earth he would
dig for it with all his might until an
other one struck near him. then he
would leave the first pit and dig after
the latest conner. Major was cap.
tured at Winchester, but his comrades
did not share the misfortune, so he
ran away and got back into the regi-
ment. He was killed at Sabine's
Cross Roads, La, in front of the line
of battle, and his memory is cherished
in the annals of the Tenth Maine
along with that of the heroic men
whose trials he shared.
should state that these dog stories
Illustrate, in way, the doctrine of
the survival of the fttcst. (Strictly
no pun intended.) / write only of
the successful dog warriors; not of
the failures. For instance, a contra
band lad carried two pups into the
camp Of the Forty-eighth New York
at Hilton Head, s. c., in 1862, and sold
them ut Il quarter each. One of them
drank up the first day u can of
condensed milk, then worth in
South Carolina an even 81. He was
sent adrift at once; drumm,l out OF
camp in disgrace, as it were and his
name does not appear in the war an
mails. The other pup was a sensible
fellow. He behaved himself, was
adopted by company ID and named
jeff The name, given perhaps as a
joke, he made honorable by two years
service, and died regimental hero
He was in numerous battles. and at
Cold l!arbur he hunted out an treed
a Gonfedarats sharpshooter " 10 from
hidden coyer wa' picking x lnlny OF
the Forty igi 5h's mon. " zen tn.
sharpshooLcr SAY that the Il IS bark.
ing an gestlr were likely to be-
trag him and draw fire, he s',ot poo,
Jeff dead in self-defense.
OF the Eighth Wisconsin histori,
war eagle, ''Old Abe" many hav,
heard stories more or less faithful ant
credable, but few, excepting the
veterans who were his companions
are aware of the Importance of hi
services and the sterling soldier
qualities brought into play in theii
fnItillment. The war eagle was not
ahance net taken up as fad" by tn,
Vnicpn, ia boys Although the ide