Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-03-25
GEN. JACKSON'S HORSE.
'sSOLDIERS LIFT YOUR HATS;
OLD SORREL is DYING 20
A Soldier Who Lost a Leg Following
StonewaII jackson Nursing the
Horse his Commander Rode at
Charlottesville.
From tie Richmond State.

StonewaH jackson Nursing the
Horse his Commander Rode at
Charlottesville.
From tie Richmond State.
care you taking good care of 'Old
Sorrel ?''' asked State reporter of
one-legged ex-Confederate soldier, an
inmate of the Soldiers Home, who
was putting fresh straw under the
head Of the veteran war steed that
Stonewall jackson rode the first day
of the battle of Charlottesville. when
bullet came whizzing from the gun
of one of Jackson's own men and
dealt mortal wound to the idol of
the Confederacy.
Indeed l am,' said the ed soldier.
"I am doing all that | can for hin.
but he won't live much longer"
''Do you remember having seen
odd SorreP during the warp the re-
porter asked.
ooh, yes said the soldier; Il was
wounded following behind this horse
As the follower of Lee and Jackson,
uttered these words he stopped and
gently patted the horse on the head.
He looked at the animal and seemed
to be so anxious to see him restored to
health again.
'Old Sorrel' was lying under a
tent on bed of straw. He was .ov-
cred with warm woollen cloths, which
the soldiers had wrapped around him.
BREATHING HARD.
He was breathing hard, his limbs
were stiff, and his hoofs had grown to
an unusual size.
"What makes his hoof. so long? ?"
was asked
Because" answered the soldier,
"he has not been shod since the war;
odd SorreP has had his last Shoes" he
continued, "and no horse-shoer will
work on his feet again"
"How do you feed him ?" question
ed the reporter.
81 was Just about to feed him when
you came up" was the answer. "He
does not eat much" continued the SOL
dier, "but manage to make him
swallow little food By putting a
little meal on cloth and placing it
at his mouth / can get him to eat, but
: what he eats amounts to little and
| cannot keep him alive many more
days.
: Il do wish he would get we'll, -
: continued the one-legged ex-Confed-
, crate who has been nursing "Old Sor-
| rel' ever since the veteran old war
| horse was taken sick. I'VE do all we
e can for him and [ nurse him like a
!, child. The old fellow has heard the
e whistle of
t MANY a BULLET,
< and often when | look at him | think
0 of that dreadful battle of Chancelors-
L vile, when [ lost my leg, and Of the
} night my commander was wounded.
). The soldiers here seem fond of "Old
Sorrel ?' was said to Major James
+ Pollard, the superintendent of the
y Home, who, in company with Judge
+ Henry w. Flournoy, the Secretary o.
+ the Commonwealth, had come to the
0 tent to take look at the dying Blu
cephalus.
d "Yes," answered the major, "they
T are all fond of odd Sorrell,' and mis-
T him grazing around the Home. HI
l, used to Craze about the place, anC
IS many of the soldiers petted him.
major, "the old horse has never forgot
ten the war. Frequently while graz
ing about the place he would hea
the report of a gun, fred by some on
d shooting robins hear by. The mo
ment he would hear the report h
- LIFT UP HIS HEELS
- and scamper across the field at cav
- - airy gallop, as though he wished agai
- to joia the dreadful revelry"
- Don't forget to write somethin;
- about Jackson's horse" remarked on
. of the disabled soldiers at the Home
!, as the reporter was leaving, ''for
% % know there are many of my old c, N
"a "a rades who would like to know ho,
,o n Old Sorrell is getting along" Th
~ ~ soldier was right, for many inquire
st st have been made in regard to the We
~ % eran war steed, and much interest ha
- - been manifested in him.
9 Governor Fitz Lee, who has ofte
:. H. seen Old Sorrell on the BATTLEFIELD,
= has stroked his main since the oil
y horse has been lying beneath tent 6
- - tie Home and Captain Hayes, of tn
! Union army, Fitz Lees friend of thirt
: years, but two days ago secured
y. y. small piece of Old Sorl ell s tail to kee
" rs Il curiosity anu W sho" w tHe oo
- diers in the West when he goes bac
',t u to his post of duty
- FAITHFUL HORSE.
= "Old Sorrell" has been faithfl
~ ~ horse. He has gone by his thirty-se'
io ond year, and bears the scars an
no scratches of war He is said to be tb
hs l,s only surviving horse of those tbs
l.' l,s went in at the beginning of the wa
~ ~ His trip to New Orleans fastened h
on death, for he caught cold on the wa
40 -. there and has never gotten over
70 He has been called "sober sided" al
rs - imal, one that wonld not kick or ru
Gu away, not even in the face of roarin
do do artillery.
as ae For several days his death has bee
"a n' hourly expected, and the words of ii
~ ~ Charleston Neaos and Courier can |
,la M repeated to-day: Soldiers, lift yol
''' hats, old Sorrel is dying" for tt
famous war steed seemed no bettt
yesterday.
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