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"General Sherman was a nervous and somewhat careless rider. He wore his stirrup-leathers very long, seeming to be almost all the time standing in the irons. This appearance was intensified by his habit of rising in the stirrups on reaching a turn in the road or some advantageous point of observation. While always careful of his animals, Sherman did not appear to have that fondness for them that is so common among good horsemen.
He was constantly on the go, and his eye seemed to be everywhere except where his horse was treading. Sherman's rein was a rather loose one, for he trusted apparently, the natural sagacity of his steed, rather than to his own guidance. Seen at the head of a column of troops, or giving orders for their disposition on the field, Sherman presented a remarkable figure. Riding along the road, he was constantly gazing about him, noting the lay of the land passed over, as if internally planning how a battle could be fought there. After his retirement from the army, General Sherman seldom mounted a horse, for he said he was getting too old; and had had enough of such exercise."
Excerpted from "Generals in the Saddle: Famous Men in Both Armies Who Were Good Horsemen" from The Rider and Driver, 1892, page 88. https://play.google.com/books/reade...ec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA95
http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/43593
He was constantly on the go, and his eye seemed to be everywhere except where his horse was treading. Sherman's rein was a rather loose one, for he trusted apparently, the natural sagacity of his steed, rather than to his own guidance. Seen at the head of a column of troops, or giving orders for their disposition on the field, Sherman presented a remarkable figure. Riding along the road, he was constantly gazing about him, noting the lay of the land passed over, as if internally planning how a battle could be fought there. After his retirement from the army, General Sherman seldom mounted a horse, for he said he was getting too old; and had had enough of such exercise."
Excerpted from "Generals in the Saddle: Famous Men in Both Armies Who Were Good Horsemen" from The Rider and Driver, 1892, page 88. https://play.google.com/books/reade...ec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA95
http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/43593