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Horses

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Mustangs on the Move

Without free-roaming bands of wild horses, the American West just wouldn’t be the same

In Thomas Read's painting, Sheridan and his steed race toward Cedar Creek.

The Civil War

Union Colonel Phil Sheridan’s Valiant Horse

A young war-horse helped Phil Sheridan win the day in the Shenandoah Valley and, made famous by a poem, helped Abraham Lincoln win re-election

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