The Irish standard., 1892-12-03


With the black horse called Tadienzii SINCE
made historical from having been ridden
BY me- il many battles, oonspicuo nsly ii
the ride from Winchester to Cedar Greek,
which has been celebrated in the poem
BY Z. Buchanan Read. This horse was
OF Morgan stock and then about three
years old. He was jet black excepting
three white feet, sixteen hands high, and
strongly built, with great powers OF en-
durance. He was 80 active that he could
cover with ease five miles an hour at his
natural walking gait. The gelding had
been ridden very seldom; in fact, Camp
bell had been unaccustomed to riding
till the war broke out, and, I think, felt
some disinc]ination to mount the fiery
colt. Campbell had an affection for him,
however, that never waned, and would
often come to my head quarters to see
his fayorite, the colt being cared for
there by the regimental farrier, an old
man named John Asbly, who had taken
him in charge when leaving Michigan,
and had been his groom ever since. Sec
ing that liked the horse-I had ridden
him on several occasions-Campbsll
presented him to me- on one of these
visits, and from that time till the close
of the war I rode him almost continu-
ously in every campaign and battle in
which took part without once finding
him overcome With fatigue, though on
many occasions hisstrength was severely
tested by long marches and short rationa
l never observed in him any vicious
habit, q nervousness and restlessness and
switching Of the tail when everything
about him was in repose being the only
indication that he was Enthusiastically.
No one but a novice could be deceived
by this, however, for the intelligence
evinced in every feature and his thor.
oughbred appearance were so striking
that any person accustomed to horses
could not misunderstood such noble
animal. Although he was several times
wounded this horse escaped death in &C.
ton, and, living to & ripe old age, died in
1873, attended to the last with every
comfort due the faithful service he had
rendered"
The gallant old horse had a military
history worthy of any veteran of the
Grand Army, his roll of battles being as
follows:
Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perrryyille),
Oct. s, 1862; battle of Stones River
(Murfreesboro), Dec. 81, 1862; engage
ment at Eagleyille, Tenn, March. 1868;
engagement at Fairfield, June q; cap
ture of Winchester, Tenn, July s; en-
gagement at University, July 4; battle of
Chickamauga, Sept. 1920; battle of Mis-
sionary Ridge, Nor. 22-25; battle Of the
Wilderness, Va, May SIS, 1864; battle of
Todd's Tavern, Va, May 5; action of
Beaver Dam, Va, May 8; battle of Vel
low Tavern, May IL; battle of Meadow
Bridge and Richmond, May IL, 1854; &C
ton of Hanover, Tolopotonay Greek, May
q; battle of Halves Station Va, May %;
battle Of Metadequin Greek, Va, May 80;
battle of Cold Harbor. Va, May 81, June
1; raid to Charlottesville and return, June
7-28; action of Mallory's Ford Cross
Roads, June IL; action of Huntsville Sta
ton, June 81; st. Mary's Court House,
June "a; Darbytown, June II; Leesville,
June 80; action of Kernstown and Toll
Gate, Aug. Il; Kabletown, Aug. 26; Ber-
ryville, Sept. 8; Opequan Greek, Sept. 10;
Fishers Hill, Sept. %; Toms Tavern
Brook, Oct. 8; Cedar Greek, or Winches-
ter 1.-THE famous ride), Oct. 10; engage
nent at Middletown, Nov. IL; raid from
the Shenandoah valley via Charlottes-
vile to the St. Joseph River, thence to
join Lieut.. Gen. Grant at Petersburg,
Petersburg, Feb. 81 to March "a, 1865:
Battle of Waynesboro, March, 2; engage.
ment at Anna Bridge, March IA; Ash
land, March Is; battle of Dinwiddie
Court House, March 81; battle of Five
Forks, April l; action at Scott's Corners,
April 2; action at Amelia Court House,
April 4; action at Jetersville, April S;
battle of Sailors Greek, April 6; combat
at Farmville, April Z; battle OF Apo
mattox Depot, April 8; engagement at
Appomattox Court House, April g.
After the war "Rienzi,' as he was then
called, was brought to Chicago, and for
some time was stabbed in the rear of one
Of the houses in Terrace row, on Michi-
gan avenue. There are in the city now
several men and women who when chill
dren enjoyed the rare honor of very
brief ride on the back which Sheridan
once bestrode.
COMPANION PIECE TO "LocHINvAR."
The poem of T. Buchanan Read, cele-
brating the ride of Sheridan and Win
chester, is known to every schoolboy in
the land. 1t is one of those stirring
pieces that fire the heart and sink deep
intn the brain tn ha onoronol m +ho