. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . s charger. They seemed aboutto escape when a fatal bullet struck the general. The leader of the Soutbern legions in the West, Gen-eral Albert Sidney Johnston, rode a magnificent thorough-bred bay, named Fire-eater, on the battlefield. The steedstood patiently like a veteran when the bullets and shells hur-tled about him and his master, but when the command cameto charge, he was all fire and vim, like that Sunday in April,1862, the first day of the bloody battle of Shiloh. Among the hundreds of generals mounts which becamefamous by
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . s charger. They seemed aboutto escape when a fatal bullet struck the general. The leader of the Soutbern legions in the West, Gen-eral Albert Sidney Johnston, rode a magnificent thorough-bred bay, named Fire-eater, on the battlefield. The steedstood patiently like a veteran when the bullets and shells hur-tled about him and his master, but when the command cameto charge, he was all fire and vim, like that Sunday in April,1862, the first day of the bloody battle of Shiloh. Among the hundreds of generals mounts which becamefamous by their conspicuous bravery and sagacity on the battle-fields, were General Fitzhugh Fees little mare, Nellie Gray,which was killed at the battle of Opequon Creek; Major-General Patrick R. Cleburnes Dixie, killed at the battleof Perryville; General Adam R. Johnsons Joe Smith,which was noted for its speed and endurance; and GeneralBenjamin F. Butlers war-horse, Almond Fye, a name de-rived from the peculiar formation of the eyes of the horse. » *;Y ■iLJi i ^A. CHAPTERTWELVE MOUNTING THE CAVALRYOF THE UNION ARMY
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