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General Otho French Strahl, 499 N Main Street, Malta - General Strahl had a premonition of his own death when Confederate General John Bell Hood ordered an attack on the Federal defenses at Franklin, Tennessee. Prior to the engagement, he gave his prized mare “Lady Polk” to his friend Chaplain Charles Quintard. Strahl was killed in the assault, as was Lieutenant John Marsh, a former student of Strahl who requested to serve under his command. Quintard personally saw to the burial of Marsh and rode Lady Polk for the remainder of the war. He later sold the steed, using the proceeds to commission a beautiful stained glass window, memorializing General Strahl and Lieutenant Marsh in St James Episcopal Church, Bolivar, Tennessee.