Subscribe for 2 free books!
Newsletter Form (#1)

Join the mailing list for 2 free books!

The Hysteria of Bodalís + The Return of the Operator

You'll also access the weekly newsletter and find out about new book releases.


Marcos Hernandez Avatar
Subscribe for 2 free books!
Newsletter Form (#1)

Join the mailing list for 2 free books!

The Hysteria of Bodalís + The Return of the Operator

You'll also access the weekly newsletter and find out about new book releases.


Did you know American General Sheridan renamed his war horse because of a poem?

January 15, 2019

The horse’s original named was Rienzi and served with Sheridan during the Civil War. 

Phillip Sheridan, nicknamed “Little Phil” because of his height, rode the horse through the majority of the war. In 1864 Sheridan rode Rienzi from Winchester, Virginia to Cedar Creek, Virginia to stop a surprise attack by the Confederates. This victory prompted poet Thomas Buchanan Read to write Sheridan’s Ride, a poem which made Little Phil famous. The poem’s refrain “Winchester, twenty miles away,” is the reason Rienzi was renamed Winchester.

Little Phil would go on to become the Army’s commanding General in the 1880’s. On his desk he kept a horseshoe from Winchester, his lucky charm, which he used as a paperweight. Winchester’s body is on display at the Museum of American History but the horseshoe has gone missing.

Recent Posts from Latin American author Marcos Antonio Hernandez

Subscribe for 2 free books!
Newsletter Form (#1)

Join the mailing list for 2 free books!

The Hysteria of Bodalís + The Return of the Operator

You'll also access the weekly newsletter and find out about new book releases.


crossmenu linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram