The Ride That Saved An Army | General Sheridan 4K

Twenty miles away. Fifteen. Ten. Five. The shrinking distance in Thomas Buchanan Read’s “Sheridan’s Ride” creates one of the great galloping countdowns in American poetry. On October 19, 1864, General Philip Sheridan heard the battle from Winchester and rode toward Cedar Creek, where a surprise Confederate attack had sent Union troops retreating. His arrival helped rally the army and turn near-defeat into victory—and the poem gives nearly as much glory to his black horse, Rienzi, as to the general. Versewell preserves the countdown, the ride, the rally, and the tribute to “the steed that saved the day,” while condensing the public-domain poem into a new song with chorus, melody, recording, and cinematic visuals. Follow @SongsofFreedom-Versewell for history with momentum. Continue with “John Burns of Gettysburg” for another Civil War folk hero and “Two Lights in the Tower” for a very different famous ride. What makes the song move fastest for you—the countdown, the rhythm, the horse, or the approaching battle? Source & rights: Based on Thomas Buchanan Read’s public-domain 1864 poem. New Versewell distillation and musical production. #SongsOfFreedom #SheridansRide #CivilWarHistory #HistoricalSong