11-18-2007, 10:08 PM
Dogs attaching themselves to soldiers is nothing new. There are two monuments in Gettysburg with dogs on them. One of them features a dog named Sally that got seperated from her unit during the heat of battle, but that night found the dying on the field. She stayed with them through the night. She was killed by shrapnel in a later battle. When it came time to place a monument at Gettysburg, the survivors placed a cast statue of Sally on the back of the monument. Every time I've been there over the years, there is always a biscuit for her on the monument....