The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-02
Vol UMll Is

= Cosisden'e festmobt ard lafuips 10
etc'pc, w1 struck by ballet si the bsse
oi tho spice, kiIlins him slmos, ipstaHlly,
{ old Sre', an Arsbisg. sni bgrpo.
obestnu' snd a snpctb lumrer, wcro tho
tao famous war horses d General Iuisau
kilrAtfict Al the battle q All,o tho
senof.l rode Berro, and lhere tho Hublo
.nimsl icll dead, shot ibro3sh tho heart
Spot vas captured nom a Confederate
colonel dutins tbe secoud year Of the war
Sheridan once referred 10 m As "l,tlpst
rick : celebrated cslieo horfe
Geuersl Caster vss uao ui The most &C
comphshed ti3efs ot al he generals Of
the army, and in his tour years service
IN the civil uar be had ,eyen horses ktllol
undtr hiu. which 1t Ia believed is larger
aumber than vas Lost by ans oIhot leader
Of northern tfoops engaged Ia tho war
narlas the vat Custer rode a great many
horses, Among them was thoroug
stallion OF great speed aud spuil named
Don Juan. Jack RuokeI was beautiful
lay, which the general acquired while in
command Of the Michigan brigade. aud 10
rode him IN large number OF battles.
Custer rode Jack kuckrr at the battle Of
Five Forks aud was on him when he de
msnded OF General Lougs,tcet the surren
der Of the southern army Dandy -
horse purchased IN Kansas was a special
tsvorlte with Custer aua ridden by hm
on most OF bis Indian campaigns Tho
lsst horse which Custet rode, When At
the head Of part Of the Seventh tnitrI
States oavslty 10 the horrible mafslcro ot
the Little Big Horn, June ~, 1875, WAS a
chestnut thoroughbred named Nio, from
kentucky. After the lamcntuhlo death "
the tlaIen hsired soldier General Casters
father would spend hours at a time iu tho
stable with one Of the horses hs brave s1n
had ridden during the war.
General Robert T. Lee had one isyoflo
war horse, Traveller, which be rolo
throughout the entire war, having pur
chased him IN 1861. and he rode him on
the day OF the surrender nt Appomattor,
sheridan. who saw Traveller that day. de-
scrbed him TO General Wilson as
''chuuky grey horse, yet be Is ssll to
have been ever lG bands high, little
above halt bred Of great courage ana hind
ness, not possessing speed and carrying
bis head well up, For five years after
the war. while General Lee was president
Of Washington and Lee university at Lex
lngton, Traveller was ridden almost daily
by the illusttious soldier Of the Con
iederscy
General T. u Stuorts chief war horse
was the II, roughbred mare Virgins,
which be rode during the battle Of Gettys
Dnrg La the generals last ilght, where
be was mortslly wounded, he rode gray
morse, Another he had WAS q handsome
bay called Bullet,
General Wade Hampton had several
horses killed under him during The war,
Described as one OF the finest horses in
he southern army was Beauregurd, a mag
iihcent animal OF great bodness aud spirit
IS l2 hands high. OF him tho general
writes, He was wounded at dettyshurg.
nortally, st the same time that | was.
When was taken TO the hospital, Beanre
ard, after being unssddled and unbridl
d, followed me there lay down ont 81 10
nd died
One Of the best known horses Of tho
outhern army was the beautiful dapplo
ray mare with white tail and name, nam
d Nellie Gray, the isvorite war horse Of
ieneral Fl.2- Hugh Lee. She was killed
. the battle Of Winchester
General Wilson, in his entertaining atii
10, ia silent regarding Shermsn's famous
orse Tecumteh, that he rode from Allan
! TO the sea. and which is now in the Uni
ersity Of Wisconsin u Madison