The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-28
Army HORSES UNDER FIRE.
One Horse That Was "A Better Soldier
Than Any Man in the Regiment.

From ths Chicago Tinnes-Herald-
Here is one told me By James r. Lyon
Of the First Cavalry, who had no superior
Ia valor. ana viii carry 20 his grave
limp ana quarter Of pound Of lead. He
said.
We had in our company a young Ger
man named Schultz. His horse was his
especial pride Sometimes Schultz went 20
sleep without rat.ons. but his horse never.
No matter how scarce or how hard il
was 10 get forage, the young Germans
horse always had an evening feed, a tho
rough rubbing down, a loving pat, and
goodnight. Frank IN two language
broken English and German Many a time
have seen Schultz skirmisn Tor iunch
for his horse when We halted 10 make
coffee. instead Of preparing MS own lunch.
While the rest Of US stayed In our tents
and read OF played cards, Schultz would
keep Frank company for hours, some
times talking German 70 him and some
I times English. Some Of our horses show
% lack Of care; Franks showed over
care. was always in good order; IN camp
he giEtened like d new plug hat, and
seemed as fond Of his master as his mas
ter Of him. When the Atlanta campaign
opened in May 1sa there was not
prouder soldier or prettier horse than
Schultz and Frank in the First
"Our first fight Of note in the campaign
was al Narnelfs Station. May 9. Some
Dody-never mind who-made a mess Of
IL. Our little brigade, the Second Of the
FIRST cavalry DIVISION, consisting OF the
Second and Fourth Indiana and the First
Wisconsin, commanded by Col. o. II. La
Grange, was thrown against Gen. Joe
Wheelers entire command, and We fought
It all day. We started to charge but were
halted in a piece Of woods and ordered to
fight on tfOOt. We were already under
fre and IN considerable confusion, and
only a portion Of the command heard the
order, so IL happened that some Of US
fought as cavalry and some as infantry.
Schultz remained mounted and did heroic
L. Ok 10
shot. As the animal made but little fuss
over il and steadied down quickly his
rider thought II was only a slight wound
and remained In the battle all day, having
Travelled many miles IN the performance
OF important and dangerous tasks, the
wonderful animal seeming TO enter into
the spirit OF bis work as completely as
his master. That night at 3 o'clock the
brigade camped
The moment Frank was unsaddled he lay
down. Schultz thought It was because
the horse, like himself, was tired, and,
after patting HIM and telling him in both
/ languages what a splendid fellow he had
been thai day, and thanking him for car
/ rying him safely through one Of the hot
/ test battles, he busted himself with sup
| per getting. In the forage bag was sew
eral extra ears of corn. After his own
/ repast Of black coffee, crackers and I'M
cooked white pork, such a banquet as
/ many a soldier has been more thankful
for than ne was for the feast OF last
| Thanksgiving Schultz shelled the corn and
/ took It to Frank. The horse did not well
come him as usual, did not rest his head
/ on the masters shoulder and look, If he
/ did not speak, thanks for such master.
/ He didn't hear Schultz announce in Ger
man that he was coming with a double
! ration. Frank was dead and stiffening,
| showing that soon after lying down life
! had departed
when schultz realized that his pet was
! dead he threw the corn down, dropped by
/ the side Of the animal, tenderly laid one
hand on his neck and with the other gen
| thy rubbed his head, as he had done many
| times before, and sobbed like child. In
talking about his loss the next day he
said: MY poor Frank couldn't tell me
he was badly hurt and ask to go to the
| hospital as / would have done had l
| been shot. He carried me all day as If
he thought II was his duty and that
things would go wrong II he didn't, and
| when the battle was over and was get
| ting supper he lay down and died.
"'That horse was better soldier than /
| am-than any man in the regiment Not
one Of us would have fought all day with
such hurt as that No one would have
expected 1t Of US, yet | expected IL Of
Frank. and he did not fail me. I shall
never think as much Of anything again as
| long as i live" With this outburst the
poor fellow broke down again. and none
| of his comrades made light of the young
Germans sorrow. They knew it was sin
| cere.p
That was a story about a good horse
and a good soldier. Now let me tell about
one of the trials of good soldier with a
bad horse. The late Gen. John A KEEL
logg, who fought his way from lieutenant
OF company TO commander of a brigade,
bought magnificent roam few days be-
fore Gen. Grant began the closing cam
paign. II was high-spirited creature,
tall, powerful and speedy. Kellogg was
greatly pleased with his new possession.
His stan had to do good deal of fast
riding for a week before the closing scenes
of the great contest began. The general
seemed TO want every one in the Fifth
corps TO see his handsome roam, so he
rode from camp to camp making social
calls, his star, made up largely of new
riders, bobbing and Jolting after him.
There was not a man of Kellogg's mill
tary family but regretted the birth of
that roam. He was joltng their young
The day of reckoning came at the battle
Of Grayely Run. or as some call it,
White Oak Road March 81 1865 KEEL
logg massed his brigade in a piece of
woods. About 10 O'Clock it became nee
essary to move quickly to a better posi-
ton and get into line of battle for inn
mediate business, for a division of the
other folks was coming that way, prac-
ticing on their famous yell" song Just
as the brigade was in line, and almost
before it had got its beating heart well
under foot, the enemy poured a vast
sheet of lead at us. Stand fast, men;
hold your ground" commanded Kellogg
from his .prancing roam. Then came an
other volley That with the roar and
battle Of the union guns was too much
for the roam. He bounded into the air
and seemed to turn arofnd facing the
rear, before he struck the ground. In
spite of kellogg's weight on the bits and
] MS lfdnlic WnodSt the roam 'limbereu''
to the rear at greater speed than he had
ever Travelled while churning the stan
into sideache. Away they dashed,
horse and rider, and at a most critical
time, 1t was a hot tight and no time
for the general 10 timber 10 the rear. Just
as the chief Of stan directed an orderly
I 10 20 to the generals rescue and give
him safe horse saw Kellogg slide down
the tail OF the flying roam and start on
a dead run for the line OF battle The
hot comments Gen. kelOipg made on Ms
I roam that and the next day would rnaie
thick book wholly unht FOR family and
! church use.
IA is due 10 the equine population 10 say
mat u Was very uncommon thing Tor
a horse 10 cry 10 get away from a battle.
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coffee during - hight where one horse
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