Jack The brown and white Bullie breed, who understood bugle calls, was the mascot for the 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry. This fine soldier was a dependable member in his unit, His career spanned through nearly all the regiment’s battles in Virginia and Maryland. He was present at the Wilderness campaigns, Spotsylvania, and the siege of Petersburg. Jack’s duty, was to seek out the dead and wounded of his regiment once the gunfire silenced. He, himself was wounded severely at the battle of Malvern Hill. Although he was able to escape a capture by the confederate soldiers and survive the battle of Antietam in 1862, (in which 23,000 soldiers were killed or wounded,) Jack was however, captured twice and became the only dog to be traded as a prisoner of war, when during his second capture he was exchanged, according to war time protocol, for a Confederate soldier at Belle Isle. Jack disappeared shortly after being presented a silver collar purchased by his human comrades and was believed to be a victim of theft. How horribly ironic that the Philadelphia Eagles, an NFL team affiliated with the home state, of these proud and loyal heroes, would find it acceptable to hire Michael Vick, a man notorious for the torture and death of Pit Bulls, while he, himself lived in Virginia, the state where Sallie and Jack gave their lives for our soldiers. Add to this, that the inspiration behind football half time shows was another heroic Pit Bull.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:00:57 +0000
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