The Portland daily press., 1898-05-12
NOTED HORSES IN BATTLE.
S:eeds That Carried Famous Men in Many
Conflicts of War.

S:eeds That Carried Famous Men IN many
Conflicts of War.
Horses in war suffer more fatalities
than men. Out of the many thousands
who have given their lives, perishing in
their duty toward their masters only a
few return home to spend their lives in
the ease and honor they deserve. One war
horse, however, which has made splen-
hid record for himself, and now has his
virtues, name and noble deeds engraved
on fitting tombstone. was the little
chestnut the great Duke Of Wellington
node at the battle of Waterloo. Copen
hagen named after the capital OF Den
fmark, from which country and city he
game, was a spirited thoroughbred, stand
ing fifteens hands high, and s., 600 was the
price paid for him. Copenhagen served
under Wellington during the Spanish
war, and for eighteen hours he. carried
his master at Waterloo. After this he
was sent to the Dukes home, Strathfeld-
eaye, In England, to take his ease.
A member Of the Royal Academy of
English painters was paid to make a
Aandsome portrait of Copenhagen, which
Che Duke loved and petted to the day of
his death. The last years of the faithful
horse were, however. sadly mbitteTed by
the teasing of thousands of curious per-
sons who came to visit him in his pad
Hock, and his groom would clip hairs
.arom his tail and name to sell for few
shillings to the visitors. When the Duke
heard Of this he put Copenhagen in q
big cage where he lived in peace. His
Funeral was well attended, and at Strath-
6eldsaye his tombstone. ordered by the
Duke himself, is still to be seen. in excel
Dent preservation.
Nine years after the Emperor Napoleon
alied at ISt. Helena an old white horse
= kperished of old age and pneumonia in
England The skeleton of this animal is
yet up in the Royal United Service insti-
'tution in Whitehall yard, London, and
to all Visitors 1t is pointed out as Maren.
KtIe of Waterloo. Marengo cams originally
from Egypt and was left to wander on
the dismal battlefield when the Emperor
was forced to fly for his life. An English
officer found him and took him, and he
was sold tn an English General. In Eng
llSl pastures, CdF6u lOr ny I6F6r0uU
grooms, this noble horse passed the latter
days of bis life far more peacefully and
happily than his great and unfortunate
master. His portrait also was painted by
famous artist and now hangs in coun-
try house in England.
Gen. Robert r. Lee and Gen. Ulysses
S. Grant, Gems. Stonewall jackson and
sheridan all brought their favorite charg
ers safely through many bloody battles
and both Gems. Lee and jackson were
outlived by their warhorses. Cincinnati
Gen. Grants most famous horse, wa
presented to him by man also named
Grant, hut not related to the great com
mander. Cincinnati weathered the wal
and died as sincerely lamented as he had
lived respected.
A sober brown horse, the one he rode
at the surrender of Lord CORVALLIS,
hung with elaborate mourning robes and
led by groom, followed quietly behind
the coffin of his dead master, Gen. George
Washington. A true Virginian, Washing.
ton was a splendid horseman; but he
never settled his affection on any one
horse. Two or three times he lost his
r rhorses in BATTLE and on one particularly
gbanosone white horse, Dolly, his portrait
Z was painted.
s None of his chargers weathered any
snumber of severe engagements, AS did
f. old SorTel and Traveller, the horses OF
Kobert E. Lee and Stonewall jackson.
ETraveller carried his master thr ougk
snsaIly all the battles at which he com
knlAnded, was never himself wChnded. anl
6in#mourning attended the Generals fun
gefal. 1t is said he VIII lnnfed sadly wheI
Eahe coffin was borne before him, ani
asshortiy after in grazing about his peace
3ful pasture he stuck a NAH in his foot anl
died Of lockjaw. he, like Copenhagen
-shad honorable burial, and, unlike mos
Warehouses, he lived out his full allow
lance of fifteen years 1t was on the bach
sbf Sorrol that Stonewa1l Jackson received
shfs death wound, and the plucky littl
shoFse then passed into the Keeping of hi
sinaster's fathef-ineiaw, Clergyman. II
1885 ihe(died death natural to venerable
yhorseGesh after having seen nearly ter
terrible battles, and bis body, very skill
fully mounted, npH, stands in q glass cas-
in the library of the Soldiers Home
Virginia.
There are very few American children
who do not know that Gen. Sheridan
most noted black warhorse was callet
Rienzi. He, too, outlived all the peril
of war, not dying until 1876, when hi
body was mounted, and now can be seel
in the museum of Governors Island il
New York Bay.
Gen. Andrew jackson was an arden
horse lover, and three fine chargers wer
always set aside for his use when he wa
with the army. Tradition, however doe
not say that he favored or loved any spec
ial horse, but 1t does say that when hi
men, exhausted and downhearted, wer
making forced marches along the heav
roads, he usually preferred to leave hi
saddle and march with the soldiers.
Gen. Fitghugh Lee rode the handsomes
horse in the Confederate army-a thor
oughbred mare named Nellie Gray. But
spite of her beauty and her bold, brav
spirit, poor Nellie fell in the thick of tn
fight at the battle of Winchester.
WAR LOAN AUTHORIZED.