Friday, May 25, 2007
Equine Veterans Part 1 - TRAVELLER
This Memorial Weekend is a tribute to four of the most famous equine veterans to ever serve our country.
Traveller was the famous horse of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee purchased him in 1862. He was a grey Kentucky Saddle horse (precursor to the American Saddlebred) and had a long black mane and tail. Traveller and Lee were together till Lee's death in 1870. Traveller passed a year later in 1871 and is currently in his final resting place outside the Lee Chapel at the University a few feet away from the Lee family crypt, where his master's body rests.
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