When tales are told of President Taylor, there is usually the mention of his Great War mount, old Whitey. A comparison is often made of how they were alike in appearance, and gave the impression of being an ungroomed, shaggy, and scraggly steed and his long, lanky rider. He carried the General through hundred of miles in the Mexican War and through many battles to become the most famous horse in the United States. He stayed on with the General as he became President, and while loosing much of his tail and mane hairs to visitors at the White House, he joined the funeral procession for his master and found his final resting place at their home in Virginia.