Stonewall Jackson's Little Sorrel: An Unlikely Hero Of The Civil War
by Sharon B. Smith /
2016 / English / EPUB
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During the Civil War and throughout the rest of the
nineteenth century there was no star that shone brighter than that
of a small red horse who was known as Stonewall Jackson’s Little
Sorrel. Robert E. Lee’s Traveller eventually became more familiar
but he was mostly famous for his looks. Not so with the little
sorrel. Early in the war he became known as a horse of great
personality and charm, an eccentric animal with an intriguing
background. Like Traveller, his enduring fame was due initially to
the prominence of his owner and the uncanny similarities between
the two of them. The little red horse long survived Jackson and
developed a following of his own. In fact, he lived longer than
almost all horses who survived the Civil War as well as many
thousands of human veterans. His death in 1886 drew attention
worthy of a deceased general, his mounted remains have been admired
by hundreds of thousands of people since 1887, and the final burial
of his bones (after a cross-country, multi-century odyssey) in 1997
was the occasion for an event that could only be described as a
funeral, and a well-attended one at that.
During the Civil War and throughout the rest of the
nineteenth century there was no star that shone brighter than that
of a small red horse who was known as Stonewall Jackson’s Little
Sorrel. Robert E. Lee’s Traveller eventually became more familiar
but he was mostly famous for his looks. Not so with the little
sorrel. Early in the war he became known as a horse of great
personality and charm, an eccentric animal with an intriguing
background. Like Traveller, his enduring fame was due initially to
the prominence of his owner and the uncanny similarities between
the two of them. The little red horse long survived Jackson and
developed a following of his own. In fact, he lived longer than
almost all horses who survived the Civil War as well as many
thousands of human veterans. His death in 1886 drew attention
worthy of a deceased general, his mounted remains have been admired
by hundreds of thousands of people since 1887, and the final burial
of his bones (after a cross-country, multi-century odyssey) in 1997
was the occasion for an event that could only be described as a
funeral, and a well-attended one at that.Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel
Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrelis the story of that horse.
is the story of that horse.