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Cavalry Horse "Jack"Living History US Civil War Encampment
Congress Park
Saratoga Springs, NY USA
Jack - is the horse from the cover of my novel "Blue Honor." He's the sweetest horse I've yet to meet.
Jack has been in a History Channel Film (Discovery Channel) about General George Washington. He appears in the winter scenes as the General's horse. His owner was an extra always close at hand.
**EDIT** UPDATE March 2014
It is with a heavy heart that I let you all know some sad news. The Thoroughbred horse, Jack, who graces the cover of my first novel, Blue Honor, has passed away at the age of 36. I was contacted this morning by his owner, Col. DT Fritschi, of 6th NY Cav. Jack was 36 years old.
Print: Cavalry Soldier:
Blue Honor Cover:
Amazon link: www.amazon.com/Blue-Honor-K-Wi…
Copyright 1997, 2005, 2008
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# ISBN-10: 1439220948
# ISBN-13: 978-1439220948
"An epic journey of love's struggle to survive when a country struggled to unite."
The Conrads are a wealthy dairy family from Vermont, who plan the marriage of their daughter Emily to Evan Howell, the son of a neighboring middle class farmer. When Evan decides to attend West Point, that certainty is brought into question. War breaks out between the states, carrying Evan even farther from the plans their families calculated.
During rarely given leave, Evan returns home with his close friend Joseph Maynard, of a socialite Baltimore family. On their first night in quiet Vermont, the Conrad Farm is threatened by fire. Toting Emily's prize calf to safety, Joseph offers the Conrads more than assistance in a time of need. Can they accept what they have not planned for?
Relying on the nurturing assistance of Henrietta Benson, a runaway slave, Emily struggles to come to terms with her new feelings for the stranger and her mother's refusal to give up on the past.
Emily and Joseph's relationship strengthens despite her mother's attempts at turning him away. Then the time comes that Joseph must leave to fulfill his duty as a soldier. Courting disaster, the lovers agree to continue their affair on paper. In the shadows, Emily's mother bonds with two young comrades to see the affair ended for good. Now Emily and Joseph must traverse the dangerous gauntlet of both war and treachery.
For more information about the work, go to www.BlueHonor.com
To read and excerpt go to: maielle.deviantart.com/art/Blu…
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Jack had a good life and will always be remembered through your book covers.
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<3 I am so glad to have had the opportunity.
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The horse is, in active campaign, saddled on an average about fifteen hours out of the twenty four. His feed is nominally ten pounds of grain a day and, in reality, he averages about eight pounds. He has no hay and only such other feed as he can pick up during halts. The usual water he drinks is brook water, so muddy by the passage of the column as to be of the color of chocolate. Of course, sore backs are our greatest trouble. Backs soon get feverish under the saddle and the first day's march swells them; after that, day by day the trouble grows. No care can stop it.
Every night after a march, no matter how late it may be, or tired or hungry I am, if permission is given to unsaddle, I examine all the horses' backs myself and see that everything is done for them that can be done, and yet with every care the marching of the last four weeks disabled ten of my horses, and put ten more on the high road to disability, and this out of sixty -- one horse in three. Imagine a horse with his withers swollen to three times the natural size, and with a volcanic, running sore pouring matter down each side, and you have a case with which every cavalry officer is daily called upon to deal, and you imagine a horse which has still to be ridden until he lays down in sheer suffering under the saddle. Then we seize the first horse we come to and put the dismounted man on his back.
from a letter written by Captain Charles Adams of the First Massachusetts Cavalry.
Potomac Creek, May 12, 1863
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That is so awesome! I LOVE stuff like this!
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Gorgeous photo. This would be fun to paint!
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Thanks! I love this photo so much. Probably because of Jack.
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i hope you dont mind that i posted this on tumblr
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ive written the credits
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Thanks! I appreciate it actually!
Might get someone to take a look at the book.
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This is beautiful, and it hits home for me. My one and only is a Cavalry Scout and is currently overseas.
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I pray they'll all be home soon.
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your welcome, each prayer help.
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Great cropping and design. I love the black horse.
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I actually had some copy guy when i was doing the poster make fun of the crop.
i nearly swallowed my heart! The book was done and submitted and I couldn't change it. Where could i get another better shot?
Everyone's support of the photo, however, has made me realize I made a good choice.
Thanks for edging off my doubt. 
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In my general experience, "Those who can't do"... work the counter at the copy store. Don't let them bother you.
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This is incredibly beautiful. I love the subdued tones, and the bow of the horses head. It fits so perfectly.
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Thanks! It seems to be overwhelmingly approved for the cover.
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awesome! Did you take this? I think its a handsome cover!
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Thanks you!
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