Schrader: A horse tale

March 16, 2010 | Posted by javal

This is a true account of the life of a heroic war horse, one that was injured twice in battle and left for dead on the battlefield, but survived to fight the rest of the Civil War and be brought home to DeKalb County by its rider, a Union soldier named Silas Dexter “Deck” Wesson.

The story deserves additional space, so will be told in two weekly installments. This first column is mainly about the horse.

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