- Joined
- Aug 27, 2011
- Location
- Central Massachusetts
We don't even know his name. An old veteran of 34 long equine years, he had carried his man through the war, and even to the day he marched in the funeral cortege, fully caparisoned for war, boots symbolically reversed in the stirrups. Wish we knew more about him, but it sounds like he had a good, long life.
[Pittsburg Dispatch, Jan. 27, 1890]The officer in question was Lt.Col. William J. H. Robinson, 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. I can find little about him or his service, besides his Find-a-Grave page. (note, the "Co. S" in the description indicates a "Staff" position).
[Pittsburg Dispatch, Jan. 27, 1890]