List of horses of the American Civil War
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This is a list of horses of the American Civil War and the senior Union and Confederate officers who rode them.
| Horse | Officer | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aldebaron | Philip Sheridan | first horse |
| Almond Eye | Benjamin F. Butler | |
| Baldy (also Old Baldy) | George G. Meade | favorite horse, wounded at First Bull Run and Antietam |
| Bayard | Philip Kearny | secondary; Kearny was killed at Chantilly while riding this horse |
| Bill | Henry J. Hunt | |
| Billy | George H. Thomas | named for William T. Sherman |
| Black Bess | John Hunt Morgan | |
| Blackie | George G. Meade | secondary |
| Blackjack | Jefferson Davis | |
| Brown Roan | Robert E. Lee | secondary |
| Bucephalus | Sterling Price | |
| Burns (AKA Black Burns) | George B. McClellan | secondary |
| Butler | Wade Hampton | favorite |
| Captain | Wade Hampton | |
| Charlemagne | Joshua Chamberlain | |
| Cincinnati | Ulysses S. Grant | favorite horse, acquired in 1864 |
| Cornwall | John Sedgwick | secondary |
| Daniel Webster | George B. McClellan | |
| Decatur | Philip Kearny | secondary; horse shot through the neck at Fair Oaks |
| Dixie | Edward Porter Alexander | |
| Dixie | Patrick Cleburne | horse killed at Battle of Perryville |
| Dolly | William T. Sherman | secondary |
| Don Juan | George Armstrong Custer | secondary |
| Fancy | John F. Reynolds | favorite |
| Fanny | John Gibbon | |
| Faugh-a-Ballagh | Patrick Kelly | |
| Fire-Eater | Albert Sidney Johnston | |
| Firefly | Robert E. Rodes | |
| Fleeter | Belle Boyd | |
| Fleetfoot | Walter H. Taylor | |
| Fox | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| Gertie | George G. Meade | secondary |
| Grand Old Canister | Daniel Sickles | secondary |
| Grape | Daniel Sickles | secondary |
| Grey Eagle | John Buford | |
| Handsome Joe | John Sedgwick | secondary |
| Harry | George Armstrong Custer | secondary |
| Hero | James Longstreet | |
| Highfly | J.E.B. Stuart | secondary |
| Highlander | Nathan Bedford Forrest | secondary |
| Jack | Ulysses S. Grant | secondary |
| Jasper[1] | Robert H. Milroy | |
| Jeff Davis | John Bell Hood | |
| Jeff Davis | Ulysses S. Grant | secondary |
| Jinny | Isaac R. Trimble | |
| Kangaroo | Ulysses S. Grant | secondary |
| Kentuck | George B. McClellan | favorite |
| King Philip | Nathan Bedford Forrest | favorite |
| Lancer | George Armstrong Custer | favorite |
| Lexington | William T. Sherman | favorite |
| Little Sorrel (also Old Sorrel) | Stonewall Jackson | Jackson was riding Little Sorrel when fatally wounded at Chancellorsville. Little Sorrel is buried on the VMI parade deck mere feet from Jackson's famous statue. |
| Lookout | Joseph Hooker | named after the Battle of Lookout Mountain |
| Lucy Long | Robert E. Lee | given to Lee by J.E.B. Stuart |
| Methuselah | Ulysses S. Grant | first horse on re-entering the Army in 1861 |
| Milroy | John B. Gordon | horse captured from General Robert H. Milroy at Second Winchester |
| Moscow | Philip Kearny | favorite, but avoided riding due to his conspicuous white color |
| My Maryland | J.E.B. Stuart | secondary |
| Nellie Gray | Fitzhugh Lee | horse killed at Battle of Opequon |
| Old Bill | George G. Meade | secondary |
| Old Bob | Ambrose Burnside | |
| Old Jim | Strong Vincent | |
| Old Spot | Judson Kilpatrick | |
| Pocohontas | George H. Steuart | |
| Pretty | David McMurtie Gregg | |
| Prince | John F. Reynolds | secondary |
| Plug Ugly | Alpheus S. Williams | |
| Rambler | John Sedgwick | favorite |
| Red Eye | Richard B. Garnett | |
| Red Pepper | Patrick Cleburne | |
| Richmond | Robert E. Lee | |
| Rienzi (later Winchester) | Philip Sheridan | renamed after Sheridan's famous ride at the Battle of Winchester |
| Rifle | Richard S. Ewell | |
| Roanoke | George Armstrong Custer | secondary |
| Roderick | Nathan Bedford Forrest | secondary |
| Rondy | Ulysses S. Grant | first horse in battle |
| Sam | William T. Sherman | secondary |
| Skylark[2] | J.E.B. Stuart | |
| Slicky | Alfred Pleasonton | |
| Tammany | Daniel Sickles | favorite |
| Tom Telegraph[3] | Turner Ashby | |
| Traveller | Robert E. Lee | favorite; buried with Lee at Lee Chapel |
| Virginia | J.E.B. Stuart | noted in Gettysburg Campaign[4] |
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Cozzens, Peter. Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8078-3200-4.
- Magner, Blake A. Traveller & Company, The Horses of Gettysburg. Gettysburg, PA: Farnsworth House Military Impressions, 1995. ISBN 0-9643632-2-4.
- Wert, Jeffry D. Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J.E.B. Stuart. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7432-7819-5.
