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Opequan Creek (United States) (search for this): chapter 12
is charger. They seemed about to escape when a fatal bullet struck the general. The leader of the Southern legions in the West, General Albert Sidney Johnston, rode a magnificent thoroughbred bay, named Fire-eater, on the battlefield. The steed stood patiently like a veteran when the bullets and shells hurtled about him and his master, but when the command came to charge, he was all fire and vim, like that Sunday in April, 1862, the first day of the bloody battle of Shiloh. Among the hundreds of generals' mounts which became famous by their conspicuous bravery and sagacity on the battle-fields, were General Fitzhugh Lee's little mare, Nellie gray, which was killed at the battle of Opequon Creek; Major-General Patrick R. Cleburne's Dixie, killed at the battle of Perryville; General Adam R. Johnson's Joe Smith, which was noted for its speed and endurance; and General Benjamin F. Butler's war-horse, Almond eye, a name derived from the peculiar formation of the eyes of the horse.
Springfield (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
hed to the animal as was the master. General Grant's horses When the Civil War broke out, my father, This account was furnished at the author's request by General Frederick Dent Grant, U. S. A.--T. F. R. General Grant, was appointed colonel of the Twenty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry and on joining the regiment purchased a horse in Galena, Illinois. This horse, though a strong animal, proved to be unfitted for the service and, when my father was taking his regiment from Springfield, Illinois, to Missouri, he encamped on the Illinois River for several days. During the time they were there a farmer brought in a horse called Jack. This animal was a cream-colored horse, with black eyes, mane and tail of silver white, his hair gradually becoming darker toward his feet. He was a noble animal, high spirited, very intelligent and an excellent horse in every way. He was a stallion and of considerable value. My father used him until after the battle of Chattanooga (November, 1
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 12
carried the Southern leader back to his waiting army, and then to Richmond. When Lee became a private citizen and retired to Washington and Lee University, as its president, the veteran warhorse was still with him, and as the years passed and both master and servant neared life's ending they became more closely attached. During the life of Traveller after the war, he was the pet of the countryside about Lexington, Va. Many marks of affection were showered upon him. Admiring friends in England sent two sets of equipment for the veteran war-horse. Ladies in Baltimore, Md., bestowed another highly decorated set, and another came from friends at the Confederate capital, Richmond. But the set that seemed to most please Traveller was the one sent from St. Louis, in Missouri. As the funeral cortege accompanied Lee to his last resting place, Traveller marched behind the hearse, his step slow and his head bowed, as if he understood the import of the occasion. General McClellan's hor
Five Forks (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
; and then gathering up their belongings started after him for the front, shouting to their comrades farther out in the fields, Sheridan! Sheridan! waving their hats and pointing after him as he dashed onward. . . . So rapid had been our gait that nearly all of the escort save the commanding officer and a few of his best mounted men had been distanced, for they were more heavily weighted and ordinary troop horses could not live at such a pace. In one of the closing scenes of the war--Five Forks--Sheridan was personally directing a movement against the Confederates who were protected by temporary entrenchments about two feet high. The Federal forces, both cavalry and infantry, were suffering from a sharp fire, which caused them to hesitate. Where is my battle-flag? cried Sheridan. Seizing it by the staff, he dashed ahead, followed by his command. The gallant steed leaped the low works and landed the Federal general fairly amid the astonished Southerners. Close behind him cam
Governors Island (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
sitate. Where is my battle-flag? cried Sheridan. Seizing it by the staff, he dashed ahead, followed by his command. The gallant steed leaped the low works and landed the Federal general fairly amid the astonished Southerners. Close behind him came Merritt's cavalrymen in a resistless charge which swept the Confederates backward in confusion. The horse passed a comfortable old age in his master's stable and died in Chicago, in 1878; the lifelike remains are now in the Museum at Governor's Island, N. Y., as a gift from his owner. Two fine horses — the provost-marshal's mounts A couple of examples of the care given to horses at Giesboro. These two serviceable chargers belonged to Colonel George Henry Sharpe, Provost-Marshal of the Army of the Potomac. The provost-marshal of a great army must be well mounted. It is the duty of the provost-guard to arrest all criminals, take charge of deserters, follow the army and restore stragglers to their regiments. This was no easy mat
Winchester, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
ting with him would be that the person receiving him would see that he was never ill-treated, and General Sheridan's Winchester Winchester wore no such gaudy trappings when he sprang up from the South, at break of day on that famous ride of OcWinchester wore no such gaudy trappings when he sprang up from the South, at break of day on that famous ride of October 19, 1864, which has been immortalized in Thomas Buchanan Read's poem. The silver-mounted saddle was presented later by admiring friends of his owner. The sleek neck then was dark with sweat, and the quivering nostrils were flecked with foam a the Cavalry Corps. At the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, the name of the horse was changed from Rienzi to Winchester, a name derived from the town made famous by Sheridan's ride Mounts for all the cavalrymen Behind this mixed commine, by General G. W. Forsyth, who accompanied Sheridan as aide-de-camp, the following is quoted: The distance from Winchester to Cedar Creek, on the north bank of which the Army of the Shenandoah lay encamped, is a little less than nineteen mile
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
s was the master. General Grant's horses When the Civil War broke out, my father, This account was furnished at the author's request by General Frederick Dent Grant, U. S. A.--T. F. R. General Grant, was appointed colonel of the Twenty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry and on joining the regiment purchased a horse in Galena, Illinois. This horse, though a strong animal, proved to be unfitted for the service and, when my father was taking his regiment from Springfield, Illinois, to Missouri, he encamped on the Illinois River for several days. During the time they were there a farmer brought in a horse called Jack. This animal was a cream-colored horse, with black eyes, mane and tail of silver white, his hair gradually becoming darker toward his feet. He was a noble animal, high spirited, very intelligent and an excellent horse in every way. He was a stallion and of considerable value. My father used him until after the battle of Chattanooga (November, 1863), as an extra ho
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
rant in his final gigantic campaign that resulted in the outwearing of the Confederacy. When photographed in June, 1864, they were in the field with the General-in-Chief, after the ghastly battle of Cold Harbor, and before the crossing of the James River that sealed the fate of Lee's army. On the left is Egypt, presented to Grant by admirers in Illinois, and named for the district in which he was bred. The horse in the center, fully caparisoned, is Cincinnati, also a present from a gentleman of hostilities, Jackson's gallant old war-horse was held in tender esteem at the South. When the veteran battle charger died, admirers of Jackson sent the carcass to a taxidermist and the gallant steed now rests in the Soldier's Home in Richmond, Virginia. From the Confederate Veteran. General Sheridan's rienzi General Sheridan's charger was foaled at or near Grand Rapids, Michigan, of the Black Hawk stock, and was brought into the Federal army by an officer of the Second Michigan
Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
863, Old Sorrel, as the soldiers called him, had borne his master on the most successful flanking march of the war, which ended in the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville. There have not been many movements in military history so brilliant and decisive in their effect. At nightfall Jackson mounted Fancy for the last time, anavalry, commanding the regiment and covering the march of the Federal army to Yorktown, August 18 and 19, 1862. It bore him at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, where Pleasonton distinguished himself by checking the flank attack of the Confederates on the Federal right, and perhaps it stepped forth a little more pro-ground, with a deep wound in his neck. He was tenderly cared for and soon was again fit for duty. He bore the general at the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. For two days Baldy was present at Gettysburg, where he received his most grievous wound from a bullet entering his body between the ribs, and lodging there
Danville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
inning. The other horses broke under the strain and hardships; Lucy long, purchased by General Jeb Stuart from Stephen Dandridge and presented to Lee, served for two years in alternation with Traveller, but in the fall of 1864 became unserviceable and was sent into the country to recuperate. Lucy long, second to Traveller in Lee's affections, was recalled from the country just before the evacuation of Richmond; but during the confusion she was placed with the public horses and sent to Danville, and Lee lost all trace of his war-horse. A thorough search was made, and finally, in 1866, she was discovered and brought to Lexington to pass her days in leisure with General Lee and Traveller. After a number of years the mare became feeble and seemed to lose interest in life, and when Lucy long reached about thirty-three years of age a son of General Lee mercifully chloroformed the veteran war-horse of the Army of Northern Virginia. Richmond, Ajax, and Brown roan each in turn proved un
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