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Our Fleet

SegTours uses only the latest ("Gen2") Segways with LeanSteer technology which are easier and more fun to ride than earlier models.

Each Segway in our fleet is named after a horse that served in Gettysburg.

-- The North --

Baldy (aka "Old Baldy") - The favorite mount of Major General George M. Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac. Baldy was wounded many times during the war, including the second day of Gettysburg when he was hit in the stomach by a bullet that first passed through Gen. Meade's right leg. Baldy survived the battle, however, and outlived Meade himself by more than 10 years. Today, Baldy's head is mounted on a plaque in a glass case, under the care of the Old Baldy Civil War Round Table, on exhibit in the Meade Room of the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia. There is a monument to Meade riding Baldy on the battlefield, east of Hancock Avenue on the Leister Farm. Meade's other horses included Blackie, Gertie, and Old Bill.

Fancy - The horse ridden by Major General John F. Reynolds, commander of the I Corps, and one of the Union Army's most respected senior commanders. At Gettysburg, Reynolds also had operational control over the III and XI Corps and Buford's Cavalry Division. On the first day of the battle, Reynolds was shot in the back of the neck, fell from Fancy, and died. There is a monument to Reynolds riding Fancy on the battlefield at the Chambersburg Pike on McPherson Ridge. Reynold's other horse was named Prince.

Charlemagne - The last and favorite mount of Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, commander at Gettysburg of the 20th Maine, 3rd Brig., 1st Div., V Corps. Colonel Chamberlain had six previous horses shot out from under him, was himself wounded six times in the war, and won the Medal of Honor for his heroism in his tenacious defense of the left flank of the Union line on Little Round Top. Charlemagne was also with (now) Major General Chamberlain when he presided over the parade of Confederate infantry as part of the formal surrender at Appomattox Court House, April 12, 1865. Charlemagne was a Morgan Horse and was wounded twice but survived the war and returned to Maine with his master who was subsequently elected Governor of Maine. The horse was named for the King of the Franks and first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, also known as Charles the Great.

Plug Ugly - The battle mount of Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams, commander of the XII Corps (replacing Slocum). Gen. Williams survived the war unwounded, due in no small part to Plug Ugly who was wounded numerous times, including taking the brunt of a shell which exploded beneath them at Chancellorsville. Plug Ugly survived his wounds and was with the General at Gettysburg. He was retired about a year later and died shortly thereafter. A statue of Gen. Williams atop Plug Ugly stands at the intersection of Central Avenue and Inselruhe Avenue on Belle Isle (Detroit). Gen. Williams' other horses were Yorkshire and Major.

Lancer - The horse ridden by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer, commander of the 2nd Brigade ("Michigan Brigade"), 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, at Gettysburg. General Custer and two of his brothers (one of whom had been awarded two Medals of Honor in the Civil War) were famously killed 13 years later at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, popularly known as "Custer's Last Stand." Custer's other horses included Don Juan, Harry, Dandy, Vic, and Roanoke.

Slicky - The horse ridden by Major General Alfred Pleasonton, commander of the Cavalry Corps. When his own horse was not readily available, Gen. Meade borrowed Slicky on July 2nd in order to ride out to investigate reports of a Confederate attack upon General Sickle's lines on the Union left flank.

Faugh-a-Ballagh - The favorite horse of Col. Patrick Kelly, commander of the "Irish Brigade" (2nd Brig., 1st Div., II Corps) which attacked The Wheatfield on July 2nd. "Faugh A Ballagh" is also the famous warcry of the Irish Brigade. It is from an old Gaelic phrase, fág an bhealach, meaning "clear the way" - the sentiment of which is similar to the modern Marine Corps axiom, "Lead, follow or get out of the way."

Handsome Joe - The warhorse of Maj. Gen John Sedgwick, commander of the VI Corps which arrived on the battlefield on July 2nd after marching 35 miles in just 15 hours. Surviving Gettysburg unharmed, General Sedgwick was killed ten months later at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House when he was shot by a Confederate sharpshooter from more than a mile away. He was the highest-ranking Union casualty in the entire Civil War. A statue just north of Little Round Top depicts General Sedgwick sitting atop Handsome Joe. The general's other horses included Rambler and Cornwall.

Tammany - The warhorse of Maj. Gen Dan Sickles, the controversial commander of the III Corps. Gen. Sickles was sitting atop Tammany observing the action around the Peach Orchard on July 2nd when he was struck by a cannon ball. The shell tore through the General's right leg, leaving it dangling below the knee. Tammany was remarkably uninjured by the shell, however, and remained calm as the General dismounted with the help of his aides. General Sickles' other horses included Grand Old Canister and Grape.

Grey Eagle - The "old white horse" of Brig. Gen. John Buford, commmander of the 1st Division, Cavalry Corps. Upon encountering a superior Confederate force on the morning of July 1st, Gen. Buford is credited with selecting the field of battle at Gettysburg. From his vantage point in the cupula of the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Buford successful directed his dismounted cavalrymen to delay the approaching enemy long enough for Major General John Reynolds and the 1st Corps to arrive on the field, thereby preserving the critical high ground for the Union army. Gen. Buford died, probably of typhoid, in Washington D.C. five months after the battle of Gettysburg. Grey Eagle participated in his master's funeral procession which was also attended by President Lincoln.

-- The South --

Traveller - The famous mount of General Robert E. Lee, commander of The Army of Northern Virginia. Originally named "Jeff Davis," the horse was purchased by General Lee in 1862 and renamed Traveller (with two L's in the British style). Traveller was an American Saddlebred, iron grey with black points. He was loved by Lee because he had great stamina and was difficult to frighten. Although General Lee was said to have most-frequently ridden another horse, Lucy Long, at Gettysburg, the general's statue on West Confederate Avenue depicts him upon his noble steed, Traveller. Like General Lee, the faithful war horse was revered by southern citizens during and after the war as a symbol of their cause. After the South's surrender at Appomattox Court House, the General and his beloved horse retired together with Lee becoming the president of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Upon the general's death in 1870, Traveller marched in the funeral procession "his step slow and head bowed" as if he understood the meaning of the occasion. After his own death two years later, Traveller was buried, exhumed, mounted for display, and finally reburied in 1971 next to the Lee Chapel on the campus of the university, a few feet from General Lee's own burial place. Lee's other horses included Brown-Roan, Richmond, and Ajax.

Hero - ridden by Lt General James Longstreet, commander of the First Corps. After the death of Stonewall Jackson two months before Gettysburg, Lee looked to Longstreet as his second-in-command, referring to Longstreet as his "Old War Horse." Under orders by General Lee, Longstreet reluctantly supervised the disastrous infantry assault known as Pickett's Charge. There is a monument to General Longstreet riding Hero at Pitzer Woods (at the amphitheater).

Rifle - the much-cherished steed of Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell, commander of the Second Corps. Gen. Ewell often rode in a buggy because his left leg was amputated below the knee about a year before Gettysburg, making it difficult to mount his horse. He kept Rifle, a "flea bitten gray", close at hand, however, and was sometimes lifted into the saddle and strapped to his horse to avoid falling off.

Virginia - ridden by Major General J.E.B. Stuart, commander of Stuart's Division (Cavalry). Virginia was credited with preventing Gen. Stuart's capture on the day before Gettysburg. Chased by a squad of Yankees at the Battle of Hanover, Gen. Stuart spurred Virginia who jumped a 15-foot-wide water-filled ditch, affecting their escape. Gen. Stuart's other horses included Highfly, My Maryland, Skylark, General, Chancellor, Star of the East, and Bullet.

Dixie - The large dark bay of Colonel Edward Porter Alexander, commander of Alexander's Battery, Artillery Reserve and the officer in charge of the massive artillery bombardment preceding Pickett's Charge. Col. Alexander sometimes rode Meg, a shorter, lighter bay, and it was said that his life was saved many times by his choice of horses. While atop Dixie, it was said on some occasions that his leg may have been taken off by a projectile if he had been riding the smaller horse. And while atop Meg it was said that his head would have been taken off by an artillery shell if he had been riding the taller horse.

Pocahontas - The horse of Brig. Gen. George H. Steuart, commander of an infantry brigade in Johnson's Division, Second Corps. The General was a native of Baltimore and was called "Maryland Steuart" to distinguish him from Virginia cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart. Upon entering Maryland during the Gettysburg campaign, General Steuart was said to have jumped down from Pocahontas, kissed his native soil, and performed seventeen double somersaults while whistling the tune "Maryland, My Maryland" (better known as the tune to "O Tannenbaum"). His celebration was premature, however, as Steuart's Brigade lost nearly half its strength in the failed attempt to capture Culp's Hill. The horse was named after the daughter of the Powhatan Indian chief.

Milroy - The new acquisition of Brig. Gen. John Brown Gordon, a Brigade commander in Early's Division, Second Corps. Milroy was an immense and majestic coal-black stallion whose "neck was clothed with thunder." The horse was named after Union General Robert Milroy from whom he was captured two weeks before Gettysburg at the Second Battle of Winchester. Although General Gordon was greatly impressed with Milroy's appearance, he said that Gettysburg was "the first and only fight in which I attempted to ride him" because when bullets started flying, Milroy took off for the rear to the disgrace of his rider.

Fire Fly - The horse of Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes, divisional commander in the Second Corps, who led the successful assault from Oak Hill against the right flank of the Union I Corp. The horse may have been the namesake for a short-lived space western television series which debued in 2002. The writer and director of "Firefly" was Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) whose inspiration for the series came from reading The Killer Angels, the novel about the Battle of Gettysburg.

Jinny - the faithful mare of Maj. Gen. Isaac Trimble, Aide de Camp, Second Army Corps (Ewell's). Upon the mortal wounding of Major General Pender, Trimble was assigned to lead one of the three southern divisions in Pickett's Charge. As they crossed the Emmitsburg Road, a bullet smashed the General's left ankle, also wounding Jinny. Jinny managed to return the General to the Confederate lines but subsequently died of her own wounds. General Trimble's leg was amputated but, for fear of infection during the long retreat of the Southern army, he was left to by captured by Union forces and spent the balance of the war in Federal prison camps.

Jeff Davis - The favorite roan horse of Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood, divisional commander in the First Corps. Of the horse, General Hood said, "whenever he was in condition I rode him in battle and, remarkable as it may seem, he generally received the bullets and bore me unscathed." At Gettysburg, Jeff Davis was lame and General Hood could not mount him in the field. So General Hood mounted another horse and, true to the superstition, was shot from the saddle but survived. General Hood described Jeff Davis as a "spirited and fearless animal" who performed his duty and survived the war.

Old Fox - The steed of Col. F. G Skinner, 1st Virginia Infantry, Kemper's Brigade, Pickett's Division, First Corps. Old Fox was a sorrel famed for prowess as a hunter. Ten months earlier, Col. Skinner immortalized himself at the Second Battle of Manassas by riding into the enemy's artillery lines atop Old Fox and cutting down the cannoniers "40 or 50 yds" in advance of his own infantry. Colonel Skinner was wounded three times (in the leg, chest, and arm) and removed from field duty but was restored to command at Gettysburg where he led the 1st Virginia Infantry during Pickett's Charge.

Red Eye - Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett, initially rode a dark bay mare who was killed early in the battle. Then he mounted his best horse, Red Eye, a bay gelding. During Pickett's Charge, horse and rider went down in a hail of lead near the stone wall. Red Eye was seen running back across Confederate lines 30 minutes later but without his rider. In fact, the General's body was never recovered - very unusual for an officer of his stature. It is assumed that the canister shot at close range left his body unrecognizable and that he was buried in a mass grave.

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