Our Artillery Horses

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        The majority of our horses are registered Morgans provided by primarily one supplier, The Meunier Farm in Tanneytown, Maryland. They are owned by several of our members and primarily boarded in Eastover, Burlington and Catawba, North Carolina. They are worked as teams about every weekend and participate in reenactments/living histories about once per month. When not participating in our unit activities, they are used for trail rides and riding lessons. Our Morgans are the older (Lippitt) breed and are between 15-16 hands tall and are very calm. They tolerate the noise and confusion of battle very well and their calmness has allowed us to "push the guns forward" in numerous battles.

        We currently have 18 Morgans and two Quarterhorses, see below to learn more about them. Visit our Artillery Harnesses' page to learn about horse care and saddling procedures, and please see The Artillery Horse's Prayer.

Click on the image to learn about the positions and names of the two horse teams that pull our limbers.

Flirt - At 22 she was our oldest mare. Flirt was the cornerstone of the unit, calm, loving and a hard worker. She was the picketline diplomat, sure to get a pat from all passers by. A very typical dark brown Morgan mare.  Flirt passed away in the pasture the summer of 2001.    She was loved and is missed.

Shadow - Half sister to Flirt and 25 year old also. She was one of the most high-strung Morgans we owned. Shadow died in the summer of 2004 of West Nile Virus.   Capt Stanley is lost without her.

Casey - Queen of the mares. This 24 year old bay hated to pull but is a great outrider! She jumped into any situation required of her and truly makef it happen! Great brood mare.  Capt Stanley's mount that replaced Shadow.   Casey passed away on the morning of 27 July 2007, Capt Stanley was heartbroken!.

Dixie - Three year old daughter of Shadow and Traveler. She is a small black mare currently in training with our second team. Eager to work, she stands up for herself in the herd. Special buddies with her half brothers, Rebel and Ramius. We have high expectations of her.

Surprise - Truly a surprise. The vet told us not to worry about the young ungelded Rebel riding the mares. He was too young they said! After we gelded him for his 1st birthday present, we realized he and Vigilark had mated and given us a Surprise. She is a big, loving yearling, and enjoys watching the others work!

Vigilark - Dam of Surprise, this big 12-year-old mare is always willing to do what is asked of her. As a wheel horse paired with Ramius, she is the nucleus of our second team. This big dark brown mare can stop and pull anything!

Contessa - A 9-year-old first daughter of Casey. A liver colored mare that is the lead horse with Dixie on our second team. A strong puller, she is also a bit stubborn like her mom!

Windsong - A 16-year-old brown mare who, like Casey, is an excellent outrider. Her son Ramius is the pulling partner with Vigilark. Windsong and Allen are our two strongest horses.  She recently gave birth to Early.

Cinderella - An 18-year-old bay we have just acquired. Too old to integrate into the teams, we have used her as an outrider and plan to breed her this year also.

Gwendolyn - A young bay mare that we hope either to integrate into the team our develop as an outrider.

Early - Our newest foal - son of Windsong and Traveler, born July 2000.

Allen - A 16-year-old dark brown gelding (half-brother to Ethan), Allen is the strongest horse we own. Paired with Ethan as wheel horses on our veteran team, they can pull anything. Gentle enough for any lady or child to ride, but strong in battle.

Ethan - A 16-year-old dark brown gelding (half-brother to Allen), Ethan is the highest-strung horse in the unit. He is a gentle giant, and a very strong one.

Gemini - A 12-year-old dark brown gelding, this is Gemini’s year. Fully integrated into our veteran team and paired with Flirt, they are surefooted and steady leaders. Gemini is a surviving twin, his sister died at birth.

Rebel - A 10-year-old bay, son of Casey and Traveler. He is being groomed to replace Flirt as a leader on the veteran team. Rebel is still just "green broke" but is showing promise. Sired Surprise, to the surprise of us all.

Ramius - A 10-year-old bay, half brother to Rebel and Dixie, sired by Traveler and Windsong. Ramius is easily the sweetest horse we own. Paired with Vigilark, he is young and powerful.

Bill - An 16-year-old bay, half brother to Buddy. Both Bill and Buddy were purchased as a matched pair in April 1999. Bill and Buddy are currently in training as the wheel pair for our third team.

Buddy - A 16-year-old bay, half brother to Bill.

Little Joe - One of the two Quarterhorses, Little Joe is an outrider. Incredibly fast, he can get in and stabilize a bad situation quickly.

Copper - The second of our non-Morgan horses, Copper is a well behaved Quarterhorse that has the potential to be an excellent outrider.

Traveler - Our 16-year-old black stallion. Sire of Dixie, Rebel, Ramius, and Early. An even tempered animal capable of throwing gorgeous offspring. There is none better to promote the Morgan type into the next generation of horses.

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