“A Battlefield Incident.

“A letter writer, in speaking of the grand charge of the Missouri brigade at the battle of Franklin, says:

“In a very few minutes, General Cockrill returned, riding his wearied horse, and severely wounded in three places. The horse of Colonel Gates, of his brigade, which had so often followed General Cockrill’s over many a weary mile, turned, and by instinct followed him from the field also, the rider shot through both arms, being unable to guide him. I shall never forget the steady, calm gaze of this old hero of many a battlefield, as he sat upon his horse erect as a statue, his paralyzed arms hanging to his side. I assisted him from his horse, and he was borne from the battlefield.”

Richmond "Whig," January 10, 1865