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Author:  mihalik [ Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:06 am ]
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Check this out.

March 09, 2010 1:34 AM EST
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A museum in Philadelphia will once again showcase the head of Old Baldy, the horse Gen. George Meade rode during many of the Civil War's most infamous battles.

The warhorse's preserved head was the subject of a battle between two city museums that both claimed ownership.

A deal has been reached that allows the Grand Army of the Republic Museum and the Civil War Museum to share Old Baldy. The head could arrive at the Grand Army museum this month.

The Civil War Museum closed in 2008 but plans to reopen in 2015. Other items in its collection have been sent to several area museums.

Old Baldy was considered a Union hero after surviving the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg and soldiering on after being shot in battle many times.



MG Mike Mihalik
2/4/I/AoMiss/CSA
Author:  KWhitehead [ Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:51 am ]
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Are you sure they are referring to his horse? Old Baldy was Gen. Ewell's nickname so it could be his head.[:D][:D][:D]

LG. Kennon Whitehead
Chatham Grays
2/3/IV AoM (CSA)
Author:  Blake [ Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:26 pm ]
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I remember "Old Baldy." He made a cameo in <i>The Godfather</i>! Fine performance.

Captain B.L. Strickler
6th Bd/4th Div/IV Corps
AotM
"The Florida Brigade"
Author:  nsimms [ Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:41 pm ]
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Yes, great acting in The Godfather. He bled so much that you would have thought that he was a mare.

Want to know more about Old Baldy then read http://isc.temple.edu/awaskie/Old%20Baldy%20Article.htm

Lt Gen Ned Simms
1/VIII/AoS/USA
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00
Author:  RTHodge [ Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:15 pm ]
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If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell.
- General Phil Sheridan

Lt. General Rusty Hodgkiss
VIII AoS


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Author:  Drex [ Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:27 pm ]
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By god, it is Ewell!

Maj.Gen. Drex Ringbloom,
AotS Chief-of -Staff,
2nd Division Cmdr, "Corcoran's Legion", VIII Corps
Army of the Shenandoah
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Author:  mihalik [ Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:26 pm ]
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And bedanged if the other end isn't General Grant!

MG Mike Mihalik
2/4/I/AoMiss/CSA
Author:  Cruces [ Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:53 am ]
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Gerneral Sims <salute>

Thank you so much for adding the link about "Old Baldy" to this forum topic. It is greatly appreciated.

Lt. Col Elkin
Chief Engineer AoT

“I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies. . . . Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves. Let us look before us, and not behindâ€
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