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The great silent witness - 7th Cavalry Survivor, Co. I , the horse named, Comanche.
Photographer: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division , John C. H.Grabill, photographer
Caption: The great silent witness - 7th Cavalry Survivor, Co. I , the horse named, Comanche.
Additional Description: This incredible animal had been shot several times during the battle but when the army rummaged across the battlefield, bodies of both men and horses spread everywhere, the horse called Comanche was discovered, the hand of his dead master , Captain Myles Keogh still clutching the reins.
Submitted: June 24, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p209070
File Size: 0.051 Megabytes

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