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- Aug 27, 2011
- Location
- Central Massachusetts
We've seen a number of accounts of "the last surviving war horse" from the Civil War here in Four-footed Friends. Mostly they dated 1885-99, and doubtless the description was accurate for each insofar as the writer could ascertain in his particular time and place.
"Old Dave" is one of these (most of them were called "Old something"), and I don't believe we've heard of him before. He lived in Kaufman County, Texas, the property of "Uncle Ed" King, who he carried through the war and since. "Old Dave" seems to have enjoyed a pampered old age.
[Atlanta Constitution, Sept. 19, 1890]
"Old Dave" is one of these (most of them were called "Old something"), and I don't believe we've heard of him before. He lived in Kaufman County, Texas, the property of "Uncle Ed" King, who he carried through the war and since. "Old Dave" seems to have enjoyed a pampered old age.
[Atlanta Constitution, Sept. 19, 1890]