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GENERA. L STANLEY.
hunter and the dam was three- quarters fox- hunter, therefore
the colt was. near enough for all practical purposes a thorough-bred.
Captain Archibald P. Campbell raised a company of cavalry
( K) for the Second, and the citizens of Port Huron presented
him with a horse- the black colt, then three years past ( 1861).
Captain Campbell was not accustomed to . horsebaok riding,
and the colt was too fiery for him. In fact, Campbell was
afraid of him, and very seldom rode him, but turned him over
to the company farrier, who, on Colonel Sheridan's taking " com-mand
of the regiment, had the old farrier- s- J' ohn Ashley~ de-tailed
as his headquarters farrier. · Ashley took the black' colt
with him, and about the time of Colonel' Sheridan's winning his
first star, the horse began to develop into a well rounded out,
magnificent animal. Sheridan liked the horse, and Campbell,
then a Colonel, liked Sheridan, and so the horse was given~ to
the General,. and was the pride of the division, corps or army
over whose destinies the master so fearlessly wielded rein,
spurs and saber.
If we stop to . reflect upon " what might have been," had
the horse lagged or fallen by the wayside, who shall say that
this country does not owethat animal a big debt of gratitude?
GENERAL STA. NLEY.
" Gay old Stanley," as his associates loved to call him, was
a young man. His record began at Corinth, under Grant, where
Object Description
| Title | A hundred battles in the West, St. Louis at Atlanta, 1861-1865. |
| Author | Thatcher, Marshall P. |
| Description | History of the second Michigan Cavalry, with the armies of the Mississippi, Ohio, Kentucky and Cumberland. Also mentioned a few of the famous regiments and brigades of the West |
| Subject.LCSH | United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865); United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Michigan Cavalry Regiment -- 2nd. |
| Source | Detroit : M.P. Thatcher, 1884. |
| Language | eng |
| Date | 1884 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Identifier | 973.7474 T36h |
| Relation | Northwest Missouri State University Library Tom Hooper's Civil War Collection |
| Date.Digital | 2009 |
| Publisher.Digital | Missouri State Library |
| Rights | All images are in public domain |
| Contributing Institution | Northwest Missouri State University B. D. Owens Library |
| Copy Request | Contact Owens Library Archives /Special Collections at (660)562-1974. |
| Collection Name | Northwest Missouri State University Collection |
Description
| Title | PAGE 292 |
| Description | GENERA. L STANLEY. hunter and the dam was three- quarters fox- hunter, therefore the colt was. near enough for all practical purposes a thorough-bred. Captain Archibald P. Campbell raised a company of cavalry ( K) for the Second, and the citizens of Port Huron presented him with a horse- the black colt, then three years past ( 1861). Captain Campbell was not accustomed to . horsebaok riding, and the colt was too fiery for him. In fact, Campbell was afraid of him, and very seldom rode him, but turned him over to the company farrier, who, on Colonel Sheridan's taking " com-mand of the regiment, had the old farrier- s- J' ohn Ashley~ de-tailed as his headquarters farrier. · Ashley took the black' colt with him, and about the time of Colonel' Sheridan's winning his first star, the horse began to develop into a well rounded out, magnificent animal. Sheridan liked the horse, and Campbell, then a Colonel, liked Sheridan, and so the horse was given~ to the General,. and was the pride of the division, corps or army over whose destinies the master so fearlessly wielded rein, spurs and saber. If we stop to . reflect upon " what might have been," had the horse lagged or fallen by the wayside, who shall say that this country does not owethat animal a big debt of gratitude? GENERAL STA. NLEY. " Gay old Stanley," as his associates loved to call him, was a young man. His record began at Corinth, under Grant, where |
