Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1910 — One Armed Kearny. [ARTICLE]

One Armed Kearny.

Any one who saw Philip Kearny recognized in him the typical soldier. As edHy as 1849 the young and brilliant cavalry officer lost his left arm before one of the gates of Mexico at the battle of Churubusco. His infirmity did not prevent him from always mounting the most vigorous looking horses, which he controlled on the march with rare elegance, holding in his only hand his reins and his naked sword. A head, the picture of energy, framed by the cape, which almost invariably hung about his shoulders, a strongly marked nose and a piercing eye, gave him the look of an eagle.