Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-08
SOME FAMOUS HORSES /:
Civil War Generals Thought Much of
Their Mounts.

Civil War Generals Thought Much o.
Their Mounts.
The horse upon which Little PHIL
Sheridan rode, in his famous ride
from Winchester to Cedar Creek, was
black charger named "Rien1i." The
horse has shared with his master the
fame and glory of that day in Buchan-
an Reads beautiful poem, which has
made the ride immortal.
In the battle Of Antietam. General
Mcclellan rode I'd large black horse
which he called Daniel Webster
The Generals staff had much Difficult
ty in Keeping apace with him, and
usually spoke Of the horse in 'unfiat-
tering terms. The general, however
was very much attached to him.
General Ambrose E. Burnside al
ways rode" a horse called Major
Like the general, Major came
through the war safely, and outlfved
his master. After Burnside's death
the horse was shot at Edgehill, and it
was claimed for him that he was
thirty years old.
When the Union forces were pursu-
ing the Confederates, after the latters
evacuation of Petersburg and Rich
mond. General Meade was III of few
er. but could not be persuaded to en-
ter an ambulance, and rode his fav-
ortc horse, Baldy."
There was very vicious horse
called Hannibal given to the West
Virginia army. but the general forbade
any Of. his officers to ride him, as he
claimed to do so would be to risk their
lives. A Captain Egan, of compan,
of volunteers, asked to be allowed to
have the horse and break him. The
general handed him over to Egan with
the assurance that he would break his
neck. Hannibal .. became entirely
tractable, and once saved the captains
neck, when Egan was pursued BY
guerrillas in the mountains of West
Virginia. Horse and rider soon be-
came very much. attached to each
other.
: The horse upon which General
Kearney rode when he was shot at
shantilly, was forwarded with his
sword to his widow by General Lee.
showing the kindly courtesy which
always characterized the Confederate
leader.
At the battle of Charlottesville.
General Rushing of New Jersey rode
a large gray horse, and "Fighting joe
Hooker rode pure white steed, MAX
ing him conspicuous as he galloped
from one part Of the battlefield to the
other.
General Thomas ]. (stonewall)
Iackson's favorIte horse was Little
Sorrel," upon which. he was riding
when he received, his death wound.
He had always been very much at
tached to her, and she it was who fol-
lowed his funeral cortege, bearing an
empty saddle. In appearance she was
rs raw-boped and. unsainly as her
master. .,,
General Ewell Usually rode a sorry
looking gray naEaed Rifles" No
doubt he gave him. that name in mem.
ory of the old company of Rifles in
which Ewell had, served during the
Mexican War. :.
General Lees .'rraveller" was a
handsome iron-9ray
General Turner Ashby had three
horses shot beneath him upon the
same day that he fell at Port Repub-
llc. He twas dtsmounted when shot.
The first horse he lost that day was his
favorite, which he called BLACK Con-
rad" When the horse was mortally
wounded, Ashby kissed him between
the eyes, and drawing his revolver.
ended his sufferings. The horse that
crossed the. mountain, in the Generals
funeral cortege, was one he occasion
ally rode.
The horse which General Albert Sid
ney Johnston rode when mortal.
wounded at Shiloh was a thorough
bred named Fire eater" The tive
were shot at the same time, and
neither fllnched, It was only after a
staff officer noticed Johnston's grow
ing paleness that the general was lift
ed from the horse, and the gallant
steed then sank to the ground with
out moan.-A. Genevive Dwyer, in
Our Dumb Animals.