On statues of a horse and rider, does the position of the hooves indicate the fate of the soldier?
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Yes, If all four feet are on the ground, he died a peaceful death. If the two front feet are in the air, he died in battle. This was to be the correct way of memorial statues, but seems that the civil war was the only conforming era. here is a site that will explain these, as at the end it tells you that if the horse is red and has all four feet off the ground... you are at a gas station!! http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20010112.html
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Yes very much so. I forget the details, the only one I remember is if the horses front feet are both up the soldier fell in battle.
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Yes I can't remember what exactly but I remember reading it on the back of a penguin bar. It depends whether the horse is on it's hind legs or on all fours or something. (that's not very helpful is it?)
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All four feet of the horse on the ground means the person died of causes not related to battle. Front two feet of the horse off the ground means the person died in the field of battle. One foot of the horse is off the ground, the person was wounded in battle and dies later due to those wounds.
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Snopes.com gives a fairly authoritative answer that there is no correlation between the position of the a horses hooves and the final demise of its rider when considering statues of such (see http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.asp).
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No. For example, The statue of Charles William Vane Stewart in County Durham shows the horse with one leg raised. However, Charles died of natural causes aged 75!
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