Old Baldy

Traveller's Rest

Equine Elders Sanctuary

PO Box 2260

Spotsylvania, VA 22553

540-972-0936

Helping Virginia's Forgotten Friends

Visitors Welcome by Appointment

Objectives and Purposes
To promote the humane treatment of elder equine through education and awareness programs for the general public as well as the equine community, to provide information on care of elderly equine, assisting owners in properly maintaining older animals through retirement, to support municipal and court efforts to enforce humane treatment and animal control laws, to rescue and rehabilitate abused or neglected equine, to provide for the lifetime care of elderly equine, and to place eligible program equine in permanent adoptive homes.

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Old Baldy

(aka "Jeb")

Baldy is a 38 year old Tennessee Walker gelding!

Overall, Baldy is a pretty healthy guy. We hope to add a little more natural insulation (fat) before the January winds begin to howl, but with an attitude and appetite as lively as Baldy's, that should not be a terribly big problem (we hope!)

Arrival - November 13, 2005

March 11, 2006

Baldy has been a little more difficult to put weight on than most of TREES' residents. It took him quite a while to settle in and he still has a tendency to "fidget."

As he becomes more comfortable, though, he spends more time munching on hay and less time on worrying about "what's next."

February 20, 2006

March 19, 2006

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Before you think "Old Baldy" an undignified name for a dignified elder, read on............

Old Baldy, for whom our new resident is named, was the stalwart mount of General George Meade during the Civil War. General Meade rode Baldy through most of the war, even though Baldy was wounded in battle, by some accounts as many as fourteen times.

Following a wound in which a bullet pierced his saddle, and from which he did not immediately recover, Baldy was sent to a farm near Philadelphia to convalesce.

After the conclusion of the war, Meade and Baldy were reunited and Baldy took up residence on a farm owned by family friends. Upon General Meade's death in 1872, Baldy participated in the funeral procession as the "Riderless Horse."

Several years later, Baldy moved to another farm outside of Philadelphia, where he remained until his death in December 1882. He was 30 years old.

Military Career of

General Meade

(contains information about Baldy)

The Story of Old Baldy:

General Meade's War Horse

Monument at Cemetery Ridge

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Traveller's Rest Equine Elders Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. TREES receives no local, state, or federal government funding and depends entirely on private contributions.