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Sallie, the faithful mascot of the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

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  1. donna 2nd Lieutenant

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    Tinker was in Bermuda when the photo was made. This dog, was well known as the "good luck charm" and his picture was sold to many. Michael P. Usina had come into port in Bermuda from a blockade running trip.
    donna, May 12, 2011
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  3. M E Wolf Brig. General, Mod

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    Newfoundland Club of America: History of the Breed: Civil War ...

    The Historic Newfoundland. Mascots during the American Civil War ... Some Civil War mascots were an inspiration for the troops, while others were a reminder ...
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    M E Wolf, May 12, 2011
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  4. Bridget Divers Cadet

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    Sallie, and monument

    Thank you for this great post, and the posts with the photos!
    Bridget Divers, May 12, 2011
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  5. Nathanb1 Brig. General, Mod

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    Now you've done it. I'm sitting here at my desk oozing tears. Greaaaaaattttt!
    Nathanb1, May 12, 2011
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  6. Karen Lips First Sergeant

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    I think the soldier on this monument bears a striking resemblance to the sergeant in Glory.
    Karen Lips, May 12, 2011
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  7. Glorybound Brig. General, Mod

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    Karen, do you mean the white drill sargeant guy, who marched them through the mud and was constantly yelling at the black recruits? If so, I agree, there is a resemblance.
    Glorybound, May 12, 2011
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  8. donna 2nd Lieutenant

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    Since dogs were mentioned again, just thought bring this thread up about Sallie and other great dogs of the Civil War. I think we all love the dog stories. They are our faithful friends in all of history.
    donna, Aug 15, 2011
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  9. sargebill Sergeant

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    Theres a ghost story about how either the ghost of sallie or the statue of the dog comes to life and wanders the battlefield looking for her troops.
    sargebill, Aug 15, 2011
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  10. LoyaltyOfDogs Cadet

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    I've become intrigued by Gettysburg visitors leaving gifts at Sallie's statue. There are flags, biscuits, coins, or flowers nearly every time I visit. On a couple of occasions I've seen a state quarter set upright, displaying its state seal or artwork, which I've assumed is a token left by a resident of that state. Equally touching are the many photos visitors have taken of themselves with Sallie. People--often with their own dogs--and even whole families and bus tour groups have posed with Sallie for a special souvenir of their visit. Do you have such a photo that you'd like to share? My Web site, LoyaltyOfDogs.com, is collecting them to post on a new "Visitors" page that is being developed for the site. If you would like to share a photo of yourself or your dog with Sallie, please let me know. Thank you for your consideration.
    LoyaltyOfDogs, Feb 19, 2012
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  11. donna 2nd Lieutenant

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    LoyaltyofDogs What a wonderful idea. I only wish I had one to post.
    donna, Feb 20, 2012
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  12. kholland First Sergeant

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    And what amazes me is that there was such a variety of critters the troops had as mascots.
    kholland, Feb 20, 2012
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    O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME 9 [S# 9]
    MARCH 14, 1862.--Battle of New Berne, N. C.
    No. 11. -- Report of Lieut. Col. William S. Clark, Twenty-first Massachusetts Infantry.
    HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIRST MASS. VOLS.,
    Camp Reno, New Berne, N. C., March 16, 1862.
    CAPTAIN: About 9 o'clock on the morning of the 13th instant the Twenty-first Massachusetts Volunteers, 743 strong, landed at the mouth of Slocum's Creek, and by order of General Reno advanced about 2 miles through the pine woods along the south bank of the river Neuse toward New Berne. Arriving out upon a large open field, the regiment stacked arms, to await the arrival of the general with the rest of the brigade. Company G, under Lieutenant Taylor, formed the advance guard, and discovered a short distance into the woods beyond the cleared space a large number of wooden barracks, which had been evacuated about two hours before by the rebel cavalry, whose equanimity had been disturbed by shells from the gunboats. An advance of 4 miles brought the regiment to Croatan, where we found a very extensive earthwork running at right angles to the highway.
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    Among the incidents of the day perhaps the following may not be out of place here: Capt. J. D. Frazer, of Company H, was wounded in the right arm just before charging, and dropped his sword. He, however, instantly picked it up with his left hand and led on his men with the colors. At the time of the retreat from the battery he was unable to clear the ditch, and fell into the water. As soon as the rebels discovered him they ordered him to get up, took him back over the parapet, and removing his sword, placed a guard of three men over him. When his captors in their turn retreated again he was unable or unwilling to move as rapidly as they, and when he had detained his guard sufficiently long to permit him to attempt it, he drew his revolver and declared he would shoot the first one who stirred. They surrendered to him and were delivered over to the Fourth Rhode Island as prisoners of war. The lieutenant to whom Captain Frazer gave his sword was also captured and the sword returned to its rightful owner. Captain Frazer, before the close of the fight, was again in command of his company. Private J. A. Miller, of Company A, in clambering over the parapet in the retreat, dropped his rifle into the ditch, and rather than leave his pet remained searching for it until captured. He was ordered to the rear of the enemy with a guard, and as the bullets were rather numerous in the air, he laid himself down between two logs and forgot to get up when his captors retreated.

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    Hoping this report of the part performed by the Twenty-first Massachusetts Volunteers at the memorable battle of New Berne may be satisfactory, I am, captain, very respectfully, yours,
    W. S. CLARK,
    Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Twenty-first Mass. Vols.
    Capt. EDWARD M. NEILL,
    Assistant Adjutant-General, Second Brigade.
    ---------------------
    O.R.--SERIES I--VOLUME XLI/1 [S# 83]
    AUGUST 1, 1864.--Skirmishes near Independence, Mo.
    No. 2.--Report of Col. James H. Ford, Second Colorado Cavalry.
    INDEPENDENCE, Mo., August 1, 1864.
    I sent two scouts out to-day, one west under Lieutenant Parsons, and Sergeant Coy, with his pet lambs, south. Coy ran on two camps, one of twenty-five and one of forty; killed 1, wounded 2; our loss, 1. Enemy scattered every way; we hear of them in all directions from here. Scout leaves Pleasant Hill to-night; leave here to-morrow morning be fore daylight.
    J. H. FORD,
    Colonel Second Colorado Cavalry.
    Captain STEGER,
    Assistant Adjutant-General.
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    M E Wolf, Feb 20, 2012
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  14. M E Wolf Brig. General, Mod

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    List of pass threads about mascots and or pets:

    Just click on the Banner topic --example "Tom Cat, the Confederate Mascot" it will take you to the original thread. New software at CWT provides the fast track search to the thread. M.E. Wolf

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      Sallie, the faithful mascot of the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
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    M E Wolf, Feb 20, 2012
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    Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
    Chapter I—Services In The United States Army
    CAPTAIN LEE, OF THE ENGINEERS, A HERO TO HIS CHILD —THE FAMILY PETS—HOME FROM THE MEXICAN WAR —THREE YEARS IN BALTIMORE—SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY—LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF SECOND CAVALRY—SUPPRESSES "JOHN BROWN RAID" AT HARPER'S FERRY—COMMANDS THE DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS
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    My next recollection of my father is in Baltimore, while we were on a visit to his sister, Mrs. Marshall, the wife of Judge Marshall. I remember being down on the wharves, where my father had taken me to see the landing of a mustang pony which he had gotten for me in Mexico. and which had been shipped from Vera Cruz to Baltimore in a sailing vessel. I was all eyes for the pony, and a very miserable, sad-looking object he was. From his long voyage, cramped quarters and unavoidable lack of grooming, he was rather a disappointment to me, but I soon got over all that. As I grew older, and was able to ride and appreciate him, he became the joy and pride of my life. I was taught to ride on him by Jim Connally, the faithful Irish servant of my father, who had been with him in Mexico. Jim used often to tell me, in his quizzical way, that he and "Santa Anna" (the pony's name) were the first men on the walls of Chepultepec. This pony was pure white, five years old and about fourteen hands high. For his inches, he was as good a horse as I ever have seen. While we lived in Baltimore, he and "Grace Darling," my father's favourite mare, were members of our family.

    Grace Darling was a chestnut of fine size and of great power, which he had bought in Texas on his way out to Mexico, her owner having died on the march out. She was with him during the entire campaign, and was shot seven times; at least, as a little fellow I used to brag about that number of bullets being in her, and since I could point out the sears of each one, I presume it was so. My father was very much attached to and proud of her, always petting her and talking to her in a loving way, when he rode her or went to see her in her stall. Of her he wrote on his return home:

    "I only arrived yesterday, after a long journey up the Mississippi, which route I was induced to take, for the better accommodation of my home, as I wished to spare her as much annoyance and fatigue as possible, she already having undergone so much suffering in my service. I landed her at Wheeling and left her to come over with Jim."
    Santa Anna was found lying cold and dead in the park Arlington one morning in the winter of '60-'61. Grace, Darling was taken in the spring of '62 from the White House by some Federal quartermaster, when McClellan occupied that place as his base of supplies during his attack on Richmond. When we lived in Baltimore, I was greatly struck one day by hearing two ladies who were visiting us saying:
    "Everybody and everything—his family, his friends, his horse, and his dog—loves Colonel Lee."
    The dog referred to was a black-and-tan terrier named "Spec," very bright and intelligent and really a member of the family, respected and beloved by ourselves and well known to all who knew us. My father picked up his mother in the "Narrows" while crossing from Fort Hamilton to the fortifications opposite on Staten Island. She had doubtless fallen overboard from some passing vessel and had drifted out of sight before her absence had been discovered. He rescued her and took her home, where she was welcomed by his children and made much of. She was a handsome little thing, with cropped ears and a short tail. My father named her "Dart." She was a fine ratter, and with the assistance of a Maltesecat, also a member of the family, the many rats which infested the house and stables were driven away or destroyed. She and the cat were fed out of the same plate, but Dart was not allowed to begin the meal until the cat had finished.

    Spec was born at Fort Hamilton and was the joy of us children, our pet and companion. My father would not allow his tail and ears to be cropped. When he grew up, he accompanied us everywhere and was in the habit of going into church with the family. As some of the little ones allowed their devotions to be disturbed by Spec's presence, my father determined to leave him at home on those occasions. So the next Sunday morning, he was sent up to the front room of the second story. After the family had left for church he contented himself for awhile looking out of the window, which was open, it being summer time. Presently impatience overcame his judgment and he jumped to the ground, landed safely notwithstanding the distance, joined the family just as they reached the church, and went in with them as usual, much to the joy of the children. After that he was allowed to go to church whenever he wished. My father was very fond of him, and loved to talk to him and about him as if he were really one of us. In a letter to my mother, dated Fort Hamilton, January 18, 1846, when she and her children were on a visit to Arlington, he thus speaks of him:

    ". . . I am very solitary, and my only company is my dog and cats. But 'Spec' has become so jealous now that he will hardly let me look at the cats. He seems to be afraid that I am going off from him, and never lets me stir without him. Lies down in the office from eight to four without moving, and turns himself before the fire as the side from it becomes cold. I catch him sometimes sitting up looking at me so intently that I am for a moment startled .... "

    In a letter from Mexico written a year later—December 25, '46, to my mother, he says:
    " ... Can't you cure poor 'Spec.' Cheer him up—take him to walk with you and tell the children to cheer him up .... "

    In another letter from Mexico to his eldest boy, just after the capture of Vera Cruz, he sends this message to Spec ....

    [excerpt]
    When he returned to Arlington from Mexico, Spec was the first to recognise him, and the extravagance of his demonstrations of delight left no doubt that he knew at once his kind master and loving friend, though he had been absent three years. Sometime during our residence in Baltimore, Spec disappeared, and we never knew his fate.

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    My recollection of my father as Superintendent of the West Point Military Academy is much more distinct. He lived in the house which is still occupied by the Superintendent. It was built of stone, large and roomy, with gardens, stables, and pasture lots. We, the two youngest children, enjoyed it all. "Grace Darling" and "Santa Anna" were there with us, and many a fine ride did I have with my father in the afternoons, when, released from his office, he would mount his old mare and, with Santa Anna carrying me by his side, take a five-or ten-mile trot. Though the pony cantered delightfully, he would make me keep him in a trot, saying playfully that the hammering I sustained was good for me. We rode the dragoon-seat, no posting, and until I became accustomed to it I used to be very tired by the time I got back.


    sears probably means 'scars"
    M E Wolf, Feb 20, 2012
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  17. LoyaltyOfDogs Cadet

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    Thanks for the compliment, Donna. When I get the page together I'll send you the link.
    LoyaltyOfDogs, Feb 21, 2012
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    What wonderful stories! I especially enjoyed the one about Spec accompanying the Lees to church. Used to know an older man in Gettysburg whose little dog regularly joined him for Espicopal mass. I see now that he, and his little companion, were in good and distinguished company!
    LoyaltyOfDogs, Feb 21, 2012
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  19. M E Wolf Brig. General, Mod

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    I think my favorite canine story is about General Grant and the dog named "Truce."

    It is in my grandfather's book - "Under Both Flags."

    M. E. Wolf
    M E Wolf, Feb 22, 2012
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    When the troops were camped near Hatcher's Run the men had to send Sallie away several times because she was howling and keeping the men up. She would come back over and over again still howling. The next day they went into battle and 2 of the men in the tent were dead and 2 others were wounded and Sallie was dead also. I had always heard this story but for those that like to know where this came from it is from the book Loyal Hearts Histories of American Civil War Canines by Michael Zucchero.
    judi, Feb 22, 2012
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    The Sallie story always amazed me too. Especially during the Penninsula campaign when all, except company B, of the 11th was either shot to pieces or captured and shipped to Richmond. The remnants were attached to the 7th Pa for the remainder of the campaign. Most of the officers and many of the Sergeants had been killed by the end of the battle of Gaines Mill. The regiment was down to just over 100 men. There were offers for the remaining men/company to be absorbed into surviving regiments. The survivor's politely refused the offers to join other regiments and continued to soldier on as the 11th after the Peninsula.
    Arioch, Feb 26, 2012
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