"Some information on Gen Meade's favorite horse" Topic
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| bentbent | 13 Dec 2022 8:57 p.m. PST |
ushistory.org/oddities/oldbaldy.htm I was hoping to find the color of Gen Meade's horse, it turns out the horse's head is actually stuffed on the wall of a museum, Godfather style. Not sure how I feel about displaying the remains of a (wounded!) war veteran like this, but at least I know what color to paint the horse? Some interesting information anyway, there's a bit more on the wiki page for Old Baldy. |
 Old Contemptible  | 14 Dec 2022 12:17 a.m. PST |
Sort of creepy. I know that "Trigger" was stuffed as a museum
display. But I think he should have been buried near Meade. But to dig him up just for that? Well, I now have another horse to add to my list of General's horses. |
| BTCTerrainman | 14 Dec 2022 5:09 a.m. PST |
I got to see Old Baldy many years ago during a visit to the GAR Museum. Little Sorrel, Jackson's horse is also able to be visited. The entire horse is on display in Lexington, VA. |
 Tacitus | 14 Dec 2022 8:21 a.m. PST |
Why does a stuffed head bother me more than the whole animal stuffed? |
| Larry Gettysburg Soldiers | 14 Dec 2022 8:26 a.m. PST |
Because a stuffed head is intended as a trophy. Other famous horses from history include Comanche, the last survivor of Little Big Horn, and Sheridan's Rienzi. link |
| donlowry | 14 Dec 2022 9:27 a.m. PST |
Yep, I've seen Trigger. (For you youngsters, he was the famous horse of movie-cowboy Roy Rogers. A palomino -- the horse, not Roy.) |
| Au pas de Charge | 14 Dec 2022 9:53 a.m. PST |
Seems like that horse head juts out a lot for a smallish room. It's almost like, when you walk past him, he can take a nibble out of your muffin.
Seems like there's been a fight over where to showcase him:
nbcnews.com/id/wbna35768314 And Larry Gettysburg Soldiers is onto something, seems like a lot of people dont like the idea of just mounting Old Baldy's head: link |
| bentbent | 14 Dec 2022 2:44 p.m. PST |
I think Larry's right, the trophy factor is particularly unnerving, especially compared to the more respectful mountings. Maybe part of a bigger debate about displaying remains, but I always found the story of the pianist who donated his skull to be used as 'Yorick' in Hamlet to be really fascinating, although clearly he made the decision himself! link |
| AussieAndy | 14 Dec 2022 2:53 p.m. PST |
I didn't make any friends at the VMI museum by pointing out what a moth-eaten poor specimen of taxidermy Little Sorrel is. |
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