Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Gen. Philip Sheridan's horse "Rienzi", alias "Winchester" |
Catalog Number |
1610-014 thl |
Accession number |
1610-6 thl |
Collection |
Civil War Collection |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Civil War. Gen. Philip Sheridan's horse "Rienzi", alias "Winchester", co-participant in the ride from Winchester, VA to the battle of Cedar Creek. Photograph thought to have been taken in New Orleans circa 1867 as a visual reference for Thomas Buchanan Read's painting (to accompany his poem, "Sheridan's Ride"). Filed as "Civil War - Rienzi...". |
Photographer |
Uncredited |
Date |
c. 1867 |
Year Range from |
1866 |
Year Range to |
1867 |
Search Terms |
horses Civil War battles Cedar Creek poems paintings 1860s 19th century |