"Such a picture could inspire a poet, whose genius could then depict his worth and describe his endurance of toil, hunger, thirst, heat and cold, and the dangers and sufferings through which he has passed. He could dilate upon his sagacity and affection and his invariable response to every wish of his rider. He might even imagine his thoughts through the long night-marches and days of battle through which he has passed."
After the war, Traveller went with the general to his post at Washington College. The horse lost many hairs from his tail to admirers who wanted a souvenir of the famous horse and his general. Upon his death in 1871, one year after Lee's, Washington College proudly displayed his bones until the 1970's, when his remains were buried near the remains of General Lee.
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.