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*Diploma recommended for "War Horse Daisy," 32 1-2 years 

 old, for her services at Gettsyburg, and long life of usefulness. 

 Chas. H. Gould, Peter Holt, Albert Kimball — Committee. 



Note— * Recommendation adopted by the Trustees. See statement of him 

 following. 



STATEMENT OF WM. A. HILL OF SALEM. 



Salem, October 22, 1889. 

 David W. Low, Sec'y Essex Agricultural Society, Glouces- 

 ter, JIass. 



Dear Sir : Yours under date of 21 in St., inquiring in regard 

 to the war horse "Daisy," on exhibition at the recent fair in 

 Beverly, duly to hand. In reply I would state : The bay mare 

 called "Daisy," now owned by Mr. J. H. Collier, of this city, 

 was bought by me in the fall of '62 or the spring of '63, when I 

 was Adjutant of the 19th Mass. In fantry, the date I have for 

 gotten, but think I still have among my army papers somewhere, 

 the original bill of sale. I bought her from the U. S. govern- 

 ment, and took her out of a coral in Virginia. She was war- 

 ranted to me at that time to be five years old, and was said to 

 be from Morgan stock, she cannot at this moment be less than 

 thirty two years old. 



She was under fire at the battle of Chancellors ville, and in 

 one or two skirmishes during the march into Pennsylvania. She 

 was also through the second and third days' battle at Gettys- 

 burg, and in some minor encounters while following up the 

 enemy back into Virginia ; at Mine Run also her ladyship was 

 present, and during all of the many times she was under fire, 

 behaved like a veteran, and escaped without a scratch. In 

 August '63, I was detached from my regiment for draft service, 

 in this state, and leaving the mare in charge of the officer ap- 

 pointed acting adjutant, I came home. In the early part of '64, 

 the regiment came home on a thirty days' veteran furlough, the 

 mare coming too. 



