on Traveller

> Posted 19 Dec 05 in Uncategorized

I love horses and have an abundant knowledge of trivia about warhorses of the Civil War. One of the most famous is Traveller, General Robert E. Lee’s steed. Traveller is the horse Lee is mounted upon on the Virgina Monument at Gettysburg. Lee wrote a great description of his Traveller in a letter to his cousin:

<a href=”http://www.goellnitz.org/gettysburg/0Picture%20008.jpg”><img src=”http://www.goellnitz.org/gettysburg/0Picture%20008.jpg” height=”200″ align=”right” alt=”lee on traveller” /></a> <em>If I was an artist like you, I would draw a true picture of Traveller; representing his fine proportions, muscular figure, deep chest, short back, strong haunches, flat legs, small head, broad forehead, delicate ears, quick eye, small feet, and black mane and tail. Such a picture would inspire a poet, whose genius could then depict his worth, and describe his endurance of toil, hunger, thirst, heat and cold; and the dangers and suffering through which he has passed. He could dilate upon his sagacity and affection, and his invarible response to every wish of his rider. He might even imagine his thoughts through the long night-marches and days of the battle through which he has passed. But I am no artist Markie, and can therefore only say he is a Confederate <strong>grey</strong>.</em>

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