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[lorrierivette]

from http://rockpubl.com/trivia/aboutbob.htm
"Because he had acquired the animal for his wife, Jackson
initially named it Fancy, and he used that name thereafter.
To everyone else, the horse was Little Sorrel."

Jackson named the horse "Fancy" ... it was not the horse's original
name. So what was the horse's real name? According to an old Valley
newspaper, his name was "Bob."

Lorrie

 

[aggie80]

On July 4, thunderstorms raged over the blood-soaked battlefield of Gettysburg. (I know, I'm Late, Oh Well! And as they always told us in SWOS, RTFQ!)

 

[aggie80]

Originally his name was 'Bob.' Jackson called the horse, 'Fancy,' but everyone else referred to it as Little Sorrell or Old Sorrell.

After years of being on display, while both alive and after being stuffed after death, the bones of Little Sorrell were buried on VMI's parade ground in the early 1990's. Little Sorrell's cremated remains were placed in a handmade walnut casket about the size of a filing cabinet and buried and marked with a stone monument at the base of Stonewall's statue.

 

[rebrick]

In the spring of 1861, Thomas Jackson bought his wife a horse named Fancy. However, it was Jackson who was soon riding the horse. The horse, a sorrel-colored gelding, was rather thin and unimpressive. "Stonewall" Jackson was only a mediocre rider, but the small horse suited him well. He renamed the horse Little Sorrel and came to depend upon him. Little Sorrel was strong and almost tireless. He was not easily spooked, which was definitely an important trait in a battle mount. General Jackson rode Little Sorrel throughout the war. He was in fact riding him when he was mortally injured by friendly fire in May of 1863. After the war, Little Sorrel returned to Mrs. Jackson until she was no longer able to care for him. The horse ultimately wound up at the Virginia Military Institute, where General Jackson had been a professor of artillery tactics and philosophy. The horse was sent to VMI by train and many veterans stood along side the tracks to salute the horse as the train passed. Little Sorrel was a sort of mascot to the cadets at VMI until his death in 1886, at age 36.

 

[connyankee]

The horse was originally named (by Jackson) "Fancy".

 

[raggedrebel]

Fancy

RR

 

[chamberlain20me]

I found 2 names he was called one was "Fancy" the other was "Old Sorrel".

 

[snoopy]

Stonewall originally purchased Little Sorrel for his wife. He called it "Fancy", but to everyone else it was "Little Sorrel." No name is known prior to the name "Fancy" being given to him by Stonewall. He originally had picked a large Sorrel for himself but liked the small one better. While not a candidate for the "Triple Crown", Little Sorrel had tremendous endurance.

 

[hoosier]

Jackson named the horse "Fancy" when he bought it, intending to give it to his wife as a present.

According to one account, after Jackson decided to keep the horse for himself, it was his troops, rather than Jackson himself, who renamed it "Little Sorrel." Perhaps they felt that it just wouldn't do for their general to be riding a mount with a lady's horse's name.

 

[ivan]

Because Jackson had purchased the horse for his wife, he initially named it Fancy, and he used this name thereafter. To everyone else the horse was Little Sorrel.

 

[CivilWarTalk]

Here are the correct answers for Questions 11-14:

11) Col. Chaimberlain reported that on July 4th, 1863 the 20th Maine "...returned to Little Round Top, where we buried our dead in the place where we had laid them during the fight..." What did the 20th Maine do to mark the gravesites? They marked each grave by a head-board made of ammunition boxes, with each dead soldiers name cut upon it.

12) What was the weather like on July 4th, 1863 at Gettysburg? Let me know if it was sunny, partly cloudy, overcast, etc. I'm also looking for the day's high temperature if you can find it. Rainy, Mid to Upper 70's. I took most answers with Rain in them.


13) How many Union Generals are buried at Arlington National Cemetery? I counted 80. If you came close, I counted it as correct.
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/projects/dbases/generals.htm

14) Stonewall Jackson is known to ride the horse known as Little Sorrel. When Jackson purchased this horse, it had another name, what was that name? Fancy.

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What was the distance of the Conederate charge at the Battle of Franklin?

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[crowbar]

The Distance Was 2 Miles

 

[belletraveler]

Hood's Confederates charged over a 2-mile long open field at Franklin.

Belle

 

[skirmishgirl]

two miles

 

[aggie80]

Depending on the specific unit, they charged some 1 and 1/2 to 2 miles from the starting point to the Union Breastworks. There were 300 to 400 yards between the forward works and the second line. It amazes me that as many survived to make it to the forward line at all, given the artillery and musket fire they would have had to endure to get there.

 

[snoopy]

From Winstead Hill, Cleburne's troops had to advance about two miles to reach the Union forces at Franklin. The frontal attack was greater than Longstreet's Assault at Gettysburg and failed just as that one did. Hood's Army was virtually destroyed.

 

[chamberlain20me]

here it says at http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/urbattleno1.htm
that it covered two miles of open ground and three lines of Union breastworks.

 

[rebrick]

The assault, beginning at Winstead Hill in late afternoon, was in full martial glory as 18 brigades of Southerners (18,000 men) crossed the TWO MILES of open fields toward the Union line.

 

[raggedrebel]

Approximatey 2 miles.

RR

 

[rienzi]

A distance of 2 miles