Old Sam

I will tell you the story of Sam and other four-legged soldiers at Chickamauga.

A memorial plaque for Old Sam in Loomis Park.

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There have been exceptional horses, such as the late, great Old Sam of Coldwater MI, a hero of the Civil War.

Sam was one of 200 horses supplied to the famous Loomis Battery, sent off to training at Fort Wayne in Detroit, and then went on to be involved in at least 12 battles, including the exceedingly bloody confrontation at Chickamauga.

Sam was the only one of the 200 Loomis Battery horses to survive and return home.