Category: History of Horses
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The Monday Minstrel
Draft horses are usually large horses that were bred for work such as heavy farm tasks or hauling freight.Their use has greatly declined since the invention of the internal combustion engine (particularly cars and tractors.) The unit of measurement ” horse power” was invented in the late 18th century to compare the output of steam…
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Wordless Wednesday
Horse in medieval armour, Wallace house, London.
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How War Brought a Silver Lining
November 11 we will remember the veterans. Can war bring a silver lining? Here is proof it can. This is a post post that I am reposting here .Please click here to see the full post and find out what happened to the horses that were part of the battles of WW1.
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Terrorism strikes the Cavalry Blacks July 20, 1982.
I was still living in London when this happened. It struck the horse loving nation as a truly horrble event. I have shared this post before. To see the full post cllick here.
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Reinzi: American Civil War Hero
I have posted before about Reinzi. Here is a link to that post.Reinzi has been credited with assisting Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party with winning the election of 1864. When you read the post be sure to read the comments as a fellow Blogger reveals an interesting fact about Sheridan’s stature and the height…
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Traveller: A Civil War horse.
Horses were used extensively in the US Civil War. for cavalry, artillery , and for many logistical purposes . Traveller was the favorite horse of Confederate General Robert E Lee. He describes him to his wife’s cousin. ” If I was an artist like you, I would draw a true picture of Traveller; representing his…
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Remembering the War Horses
In the week leading up to Remembrance Day or Veterans Day I always like to remember the horses who served in wars. This poem”I Spoke to You in Whispers ” by Neil Andrew is my offering today in Remembrance of the horses who served and died in WW1 ,I have shared this poem before but…
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The Legend of Caspian horses and their fearsome female riders.
This is a very interesting story I read in the digital issue of Time magazine . I thought it was worth sharing.The story is of an Iranian woman and her famly history with horses. Earlier this summer I drove my 12-year-old daughter to a horseback riding camp near Missoula, Montana. But before she was allowed…
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War brought a silver lining to horses.
Today is Veterans Day or Remembrance Day. There are few good things to come out of war but this post, which I am reposting here, tells of one huge plus for working equines. When World War 1 ended there were thousands of horses that had survived and were not returned to their homelands of England,…
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Rienzi ….American Civil War Hero
Today I am sharing a post I wrote previously about a horse hero of the American Civil War. Colonel Phil Sheridan first saw the black gelding in Rienzi, Mississippi and named him after the town. He rode him for the next three years through 45 engagements including 19 pitched battles and two cavalry raids. On October…
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Sgt Reckless. Hero of the Marine Corps.
For the past several days I have reposted some of my older posts about horses in war as a way to remember them leading up to Remembrance Day on Nov. 11. Today I would like to look at a brighter story and honor a horse hero who survived the Korean War. In 1952 Reckless was…
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Horse Soldiers in the 21st Century.
Leading up to Veterans Day/Remembrance Day I am reposting some of my blog posts about horses who were heroes of war. This post is about 21st Century horse heroes. “1,500 cavalrymen galloped across a mile of rising and falling hollows.” And then …. “The second wave of horsemen passed through, reins in their teeth to…