List of horses of the American Civil War

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	Sheridan, PhilipPhilip Sheridan	first horse
Almond Eye	Butler, Benjamin F.Benjamin F. Butler
Baldy (also Old Baldy)	Meade, George G.George G. Meade	favorite horse, wounded at First Bull Run and Antietam
Bayard	Kearny, PhilipPhilip Kearny	secondary; Kearny was killed at Chantilly while riding this horse
Bill	Hunt, Henry J.Henry J. Hunt
Billy	Thomas, George H.George H. Thomas	named for William T. Sherman
Black Bess	Morgan, John HuntJohn Hunt Morgan
Blackie	Meade, George G.George G. Meade	secondary
Blackjack	Davis, JeffersonJefferson Davis
Brown Roan	Lee, Robert E.Robert E. Lee	secondary
Bucephalus	Price, SterlingSterling Price
Burns (AKA Black Burns)	McClellan, George B.George B. McClellan	secondary
Butler	Hampton, WadeWade Hampton	favorite
Captain	Hampton, WadeWade Hampton
Charlemagne	Chamberlain, JoshuaJoshua Chamberlain
Cincinnati	Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant	favorite horse, acquired in 1864
Cornwall	Sedgwick, JohnJohn Sedgwick	secondary
Daniel Webster	McClellan, George B.George B. McClellan
Decatur	Kearny, PhilipPhilip Kearny	secondary; horse shot through the neck at Fair Oaks
Dixie	Alexander, Edward PorterEdward Porter Alexander
Dixie	Cleburne, PatrickPatrick Cleburne	horse killed at Battle of Perryville
Dolly	Sherman, William T.William T. Sherman	secondary
Don Juan	Custer, George ArmstrongGeorge Armstrong Custer	secondary
Fancy	Reynolds, John F.John F. Reynolds	favorite
Fanny	Gibbon, JohnJohn Gibbon
Faugh-a-Ballagh	Kelly, PatrickPatrick Kelly
Fire-Eater	Johnston, Albert SidneyAlbert Sidney Johnston
Firefly	Rodes, Robert E.Robert E. Rodes
Fleeter	Boyd, BelleBelle Boyd
Fleetfoot	Taylor, Walter H.Walter H. Taylor
Fly-By-Night	James Longstreet	A gift from General Lee in 1864.
Fox	Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant
Gertie	Meade, George G.George G. Meade	secondary
Grand Old Canister	Sickles, DanielDaniel Sickles	secondary
Grape	Sickles, DanielDaniel Sickles	secondary
Grey Eagle	Buford, JohnJohn Buford
Handsome Joe	Sedgwick, JohnJohn Sedgwick	secondary
Harry	Custer, George ArmstrongGeorge Armstrong Custer	secondary
Hero	Longstreet, JamesJames Longstreet
Highfly	Stuart, J.E.B.J.E.B. Stuart	secondary
Highlander	Forrest, Nathan BedfordNathan Bedford Forrest	secondary
Jack	Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant	secondary
Jasper[1]	Milroy, Robert H.Robert H. Milroy
Jeff Davis	Hood, John BellJohn Bell Hood
Jeff Davis	Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant	secondary
Jinny	Trimble, Isaac R.Isaac R. Trimble
Kangaroo	Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant	secondary
Kentuck	McClellan, George B.George B. McClellan	favorite
King Philip	Forrest, Nathan BedfordNathan Bedford Forrest	favorite
Lancer	Custer, George ArmstrongGeorge Armstrong Custer	favorite
Duke	Sherman, William T.William T. Sherman	Sherman in a letter in 1888 he wrote that his favorite horse troughout the American Civil War was the one he rode in Atlanta.
Little Sorrel (also Old Sorrel)	Jackson, StonewallStonewall 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	Hooker, JosephJoseph Hooker	named after the Battle of Lookout Mountain
Lucy Long	Lee, Robert E.Robert E. Lee	given to Lee by J.E.B. Stuart
Methuselah	Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant	first horse on re-entering the Army in 1861
Milroy	Gordon, John B.John B. Gordon	horse captured from General Robert H. Milroy at Second Winchester
Moscow	Kearny, PhilipPhilip Kearny	favorite, but avoided riding due to his conspicuous white color
My Maryland	Stuart, J.E.B.J.E.B. Stuart	secondary
Nellie Gray	Lee, FitzhughFitzhugh Lee	horse killed at Battle of Opequon
Old Bill	Meade, George G.George G. Meade	secondary
Old Bob	Burnside, AmbroseAmbrose Burnside
Old Jim	Vincent, StrongStrong Vincent
Old Spot	Kilpatrick, JudsonJudson Kilpatrick
Pocohontas	Steuart, George H.George H. Steuart
Pretty	Gregg, David McMurtieDavid McMurtie Gregg
Prince	Reynolds, John F.John F. Reynolds	secondary
Plug Ugly	Williams, Alpheus S.Alpheus S. Williams
Rambler	Sedgwick, JohnJohn Sedgwick	favorite
Red Eye	Garnett, Richard B.Richard B. Garnett
Red Pepper	Cleburne, PatrickPatrick Cleburne
Richmond	Lee, Robert E.Robert E. Lee
Rienzi (later Winchester)	Sheridan, PhilipPhilip Sheridan	renamed after Sheridan's famous ride at the Battle of Winchester
Rifle	Ewell, Richard S.Richard S. Ewell
Roanoke	Custer, George ArmstrongGeorge Armstrong Custer	secondary
Roderick	Forrest, Nathan BedfordNathan Bedford Forrest	secondary
Rondy	Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant	first horse in battle
Sam	Sherman, William T.William T. Sherman	secondary
Skylark[2]	Stuart, J.E.B.J.E.B. Stuart
Slicky	Pleasonton, AlfredAlfred Pleasonton
Tammany	Sickles, DanielDaniel Sickles	favorite
Tom Telegraph[3]	Ashby, TurnerTurner Ashby
Traveller	Lee, Robert E.Robert E. Lee	favorite; buried with Lee at Lee Chapel
Virginia	Stuart, J.E.B.J.E.B. Stuart	noted in Gettysburg Campaign[4]

Notes

1. Cozzens, p. 274.
2. Wert, p. 50.
3. Cozzens, p. 240.
4. Magner, p. 46.

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.

External links

• Ulysses S. Grant and His Horses During and After the Civil War