At Washington and Lee University, not far from where Robert E. Lee and his famous war horse are interred, is the original brick structure that served as Traveller’s final, post-war stable. Often referred to as the most famous horse from the Civil War, Traveller was a 16-hand, gray saddlebred known for his remarkable speed and endurance. Confederate General Robert E. Lee purchased Traveller in 1862 and they were inseparable until Lee’s death in 1871. When Lee served as President of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, after the Civil War, Traveller…
