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General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 10 (search)
lost nearly 2000 men in killed and in wounded; the enemy probably suffered to about the same extent. Headquarters were moved about two miles this day, June 1, to the Via House, which was half a mile south of Totopotomoy Creek on the road leading from Haw's Shop to Bethesda Church. Before starting, the general's servant asked whether he should saddle Jeff Davis, the horse Grant had been riding for two days. No, was the reply; we are getting into a rather swampy country, and I fear little Jeff's legs are not quite long enough for wading through the mud. You had better saddle Egypt. This horse was large in size and a medium-colored bay. He was called Egypt, not because he had come from the region of the Nile, but from the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in southern Illinois, a section of country named after the land of the Ptolemies. When the horse was brought up the general mounted as usual in a manner peculiar to himself. He made no perceptible effort, and used
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 15 (search)
feel about as fresh as when we started out. I replied: It makes all the difference in the world, general, what kind of horse one rides. He remarked: Oh, all horses are pretty much alike, as far as the comfort of their gait is concerned. In the present instance, I answered, I don't think you would like to swap with me, general. He said at once, Why, yes; I'd just as lief swap with you as not ; and threw himself off his pony and mounted my uncomfortable beast, while I put myself astride of Jeff. The general had always been a famous rider, even when a cadet at West Point. When he rode or drove a strange horse, not many minutes elapsed before he and the animal seemed to understand each other perfectly. In my experience I have never seen a better rider, or one who had a more steady seat, no matter what sort of horse he rode; but on this occasion it soon became evident that his body and that of the animal were not always in touch, and he saw that all the party were considerably amuse