The horse that was his closest companion during war now became his instrument in finding peace. Not long after General Lee’s death in October, 1870, Traveller stepped on a rusty nail in his stall and died of tetanus. He is buried within yards of his master, just outside the Lee Read more…
Grant purchased a thoroughbred of his own when he was a young man, and he would often race against other competitors. Grant was often invited to ride and race horses for other horsemen, and people often liked to have him visit their homes to talk about horses. What was Ulysses Read more…
Horses, mules, and oxen were used for transportation. They pulled supply wagons, ambulances, artillery pieces, and anything else that needed to be moved. Officers directed battle from horseback, messengers on horses made communication more efficient, and cavalrymen lived and fought in the saddle. How did horses affect civil war? Three Read more…
The number of bestas, as the wild horses are known, has halved to about 10,000 in Galicia since the 1970s. People in the region have been looking after wild horses since Roman times and there are even depictions of them in petroglyphs from centuries before that. Where are wild horses Read more…
Old Bob or Old Robin ( c. 1849 – unknown) was a driving horse used by Abraham Lincoln during the period prior to his presidency of the United States. He later participated in Lincoln’s funeral. Old Bob’s exact fate and date of death are unknown; he was sold to drayman Read more…
Legionaries walked. Officers rode horses (one man per horse, of course). Each legion normally included a cavalry unit, called an alae, that consisted of 300 to 500 men. The famous Roman poet Virgil describes the ideal horse as follows: “High neck”, “short belly”, “elongated head”, “full back. Did Roman legions Read more…
Roman cavalry (Latin: equites Romani) refers to the horse-mounted forces of the equites throughout the Regal, Republican, and Imperial eras. How did Roman legions fight cavalry? Repellere equites (“repel horsemen/knights”) was the formation used to resist cavalry. The legionaries would assume a square formation, holding their pila as spears in Read more…
The term horse trading, which came into usage around 1820, owes its origin to the notorious shrewdness of horse traders who bought and sold horses. As per Macmillan English Dictionary, it means difficult and sometimes dishonest discussions between people who are trying to reach an agreement. Why is it called Read more…
The Cavallo Romano della Maremma Laziale, or “Roman horse of the part of the Maremma that is in Lazio”, is a horse breed native to the Lazio region of Italy. What horses did the Roman cavalry use? In the Roman world there were three classes of horses: Noble horse – Read more…
In fact, the second-highest property class in Athens was called the “hippeis,” or “horse-owners” in the constitution of Solon. Horses therefore became symbols of high social status in ancient Greek society. Why didn’t the Greeks use horses? Horses were common in Ancient Greece, but they were very expensive to buy Read more…