The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-22

at the head of the charge When tho
cloud of smoke lifted Johnston was
Keeling with desperate wound In
his foot; while gallant 'Fire-eater"
was riddled with bullets-four gappins
wounds In his side. Both general and
norse were led behind knoll to esq
cape further injury. Later in tho day
ooth Johnston and "Ffre-eater" we're
dead.
bareback Ride for Life on tho Ma,
"HiGhfy."
General "Jcb" Stuart tho d,ebin.
saoreur of the Confederate Army va
once saved from capture by the sa.
gaclty of his bay mare. .;Hipbnvr
stuart was stretched out upon a bench
Dn tavern porch at Vcrdiersville
va awaiting the arrival of Fitzhurh
Lee. with whom he intended to ar.
l"nge raid on the Federals. High.
NY was grazing In the tavern ward.
uhbridled. clatter of hoofs aroused
the general. and he walked to ths
roadside, expecting to SEQ Lee coming
along the road Tho salloping horse-
men came into sight and gun range
they were dressed in blue For an
instant Stuart was startled. He az.
pected to see his brother officer. but
ne was face to face with the Federal
foe.
Stuart rushed toward his battle.
charger and leaped upon the bare
back. Highly" did not need urging,
she turned toward a high fence by tho
roadway and cleared the barrier like
bird and was off down the road in
a flash. The heavily mounted Fed
eral cavalry Numbered on behind for
few miles, but Reet-footed High.
ny" soon left them far behind.
Wnrhorse Leaps Prccipice to snvs
General Gordon.
The famous escape of Israel Puts
nam from the British dragons at
Horse Neck during the American Rev
olution was duplicated during the
Civil War. General John B. Gordon,
at the battle Of Cedar Creek found
himself on the brink of precipice,
while on the other three sides was
the Federal army. momentarily press
ing nearer. His capture seemed GER
tain. dash through the Federal
lines would be foolhardy and might
terminate IS did poor Kearny's at
tempt at Chantilly. a last desperate
chance was left, and this Gordon re.
luctantly accepted.
He urged his charger to the brink,
and peered down the rugged sides.
Here and there Jagged rocks thrust
through thin coating of sand and
dirt. Several feet below the bank
terminated in n tangle OF trees, II
seemed like suicide to leap that preci-
pice. but the vision OF a Federal
prison urged the general on.
Again and again. Gordon drove the
faithful steed to the edge only to have
the horse rear and halk. Finally. he
coaNed him to the brink and theE
viciously and suddenly drove his spurs
into the laboring launches. The horse
gave mighty leap and a snort of pain.
His feet slipped, and both horse and
rider tumbled head over heels to the
bottom. They crashed through a.
fringe of trees. and rolled into a shelf
cred glen, where the foliage hid them
from the sight of the Federals above
Both were bleeding from vicious cuts
from tho lodges. The horses head
and launches We're wet with his own
blood. Gordon, wrenched and in pain
dragged himself 10 the side OF his
charger and into the saddle. After
torturous ride by secret roads. the gen.
eral and hattle-horse joined the Con-
federate troops.
"Binck Bmrns" Would Not Fight nj
McnItimc.
Some horses. like humans have
traits that are eccentric. General Nc
clallan's fiery black warhorse Black
Burns" whose name was obtained
from the donor of the horse, was 4
model charger on the battlefield at all
times except mealtime Regardless of
the Importance of McClellan's presence
at the crisis OF battle. ii that crisis
happened to be at mealtime, then it
must wait or suffer. for BLACK Burns.
would bolt and run for his oats. and no
amount of rein -pulling could stop the
powerful black. This became such an
obsesson that Mcclellan was always
careful. Just before action. to exchange
BLACK Burns" for another. preferably
Daniel Webster"
Daniel Webster" was pure bred
dark bay, standing seventeen hands
high. HIS legs We're long and slender.
while his launches were wiry and
powerful. Mcclellan considered him one
of the finest animals In the Army of
the Potomac. He. too. had a disagree
able qualify quality that often tried
the temper of McClellan's staff officers
His pace was swift while walking.
which nccessitated the accompanying
stan to keep at "A half trot to keep
within regulation distance of the chief
When Mcclellan retired from the
army he took Daniel Webster to his
home at Orange. n. j., where the vet
eran bay became the family pet. The
general and the charger were INSOFAR
able companions. and when tho horse
died. at the age of twenty three. he
was given an honorable funeral In
McClellans words We find "Danial
Webster's'' epitaph: NO soldier ever
had a better horse than I had in Daniel
Webster"
Shcrmnn's "Snm'--HOids Long Distance
Marching Record.
General Sherman owned a horse--a
thoroughbred Kentucky bay--that car
ried it's master over the longest march
during the Civil War 1t was a fleet,
powerful and large boned bay named
sam" and the course of the march
10
Chattanooga, thence to Knoxville and
back to Chattanooga. With scarcely
any rest Sam carried his owner
through the four months campaign to
Atlanta, and from there across Georgia
to Savannah, and then through the
Carolinas to the Grand Review at
Washington. But in the review Sam"