List of horses of the American Civil War

This is a list of named horses and the senior Union and Confederate officers who rode them during the American Civil War.

Horse Officer Notes
AjaxRobert E. LeeAjax was reportedly too large for Lee to ride comfortably and was therefore used infrequently
AldebaronPhilip SheridanSheridan's first horse
Almond EyeBenjamin F. Butler
BayardPhilip KearnyKearny's secondary horse; Kearny was killed at Chantilly while riding this horse
BillHenry J. Hunt
BillyGeorge H. ThomasNamed for William T. Sherman
Black BessJohn Hunt Morgan
BlackieGeorge G. MeadeMeade's secondary horse
BlackjackJefferson Davis
BoneyWilliam RosecransRosecrans' favorite horse
Brown Roan (also referred to as "The Roan")Robert E. LeeOne of Lee's secondary horses, Brown Roan went blind in 1862 and had to be retired
BucephalusSterling Price
Burns (also called Black Burns)George B. McClellanMcClellan's secondary horse
ButlerWade HamptonHampton's favorite horse
CaptainWade Hampton
CharlemagneJoshua Chamberlain
CincinnatiUlysses S. GrantGrant's favorite and most famous horse, acquired in 1864; most paintings of and memorials to Grant depict him astride Cincinnati, including the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial at the base of Capitol Hill
CornwallJohn SedgwickSedgwick's secondary horse
Daniel WebsterGeorge B. McClellan
DecaturPhilip KearnyKearny's secondary horse, shot through the neck at the Battle of Fair Oaks
DixieEdward Porter Alexander
DixiePatrick CleburneHorse killed at the Battle of Perryville
DollyWilliam T. ShermanSherman's secondary horse
Don JuanGeorge Armstrong CusterOne of Custer's secondary horses
DukeWilliam T. ShermanIn a letter in 1888, Sherman wrote that his favorite horse throughout the war was the one he rode in Atlanta
EgyptUlysses S. GrantOne of many secondary horses used by Grant
FancyJohn F. ReynoldsReynolds' favorite horse
FannyJohn Gibbon
Faugh-a-BallaghPatrick Kelly
Fire-EaterAlbert Sidney Johnston
FireflyRobert E. Rodes
FleeterBelle Boyd
FleetfootWalter H. Taylor
Fly-By-NightJames LongstreetA gift from General Robert E. Lee in 1864
FoxUlysses S. GrantGrant's primary horse
GertieGeorge G. MeadeMeade's secondary horse
Grand Old CanisterDaniel SicklesSickles' secondary horse
GrapeDaniel SicklesSickles' secondary horse
Grey EagleJohn Buford
Handsome JoeJohn SedgwickSedgwick's secondary horse
HarryGeorge Armstrong CusterOne of Custer's secondary horses
HeroJames Longstreet
HighflyJ.E.B. StuartStuart's secondary horse
LightningNathan Bedford ForrestForrest's secondary horse
JackUlysses S. GrantOne of many secondary horses used by Grant
JasperRobert H. Milroy[1]
Jeff DavisJohn Bell Hood
Jeff DavisUlysses S. GrantOne of many secondary horses used by Grant
JennieSullivan BallouKilled at First Bull Run, the horse Ballou was riding when he received his mortal wound at that battle
JinnyIsaac R. Trimble
KangarooUlysses S. GrantOne of many secondary horses used by Grant
KentuckGeorge B. McClellanMcClellan's favorite horse
King PhilipNathan Bedford ForrestForrest's favorite horse after the death of Roderick
LancerGeorge Armstrong CusterCuster's favorite horse
Little Sorrel (also Old Sorrel)Stonewall JacksonJackson was fatally wounded while riding Little Sorrel at the Battle of Chancellorsville; Little Sorrel is buried on the Virginia Military Institute parade deck mere feet from Jackson's famous statue
LookoutJoseph HookerNamed after the Battle of Lookout Mountain
Lucy LongRobert E. LeeA gift from J.E.B. Stuart, Lucy Long was the primary back-up horse used by Lee
MethuselahUlysses S. GrantGrant's first horse upon re-entering the Army in 1861
MilroyJohn B. GordonThe horse was captured from Union General Robert H. Milroy at Second Winchester in 1863 and subsequently named after him.
MoscowPhilip KearnyReportedly Kearny's favorite, though Kearny avoided riding him due to his conspicuous white color
My MarylandJ.E.B. StuartStuart's secondary horse
Nellie GrayFitzhugh LeeHorse killed at the Battle of Opequon
Old Baldy (also simply Baldy)George G. MeadeMeade's favorite horse, which he rode at the Battle of Gettysburg; Old Baldy was wounded at First Bull Run and Antietam
Old BobAmbrose Burnside
Old IshamBenjamin F. CheathamHorse was named after Isham Harris, the Confederate Governor of Tennessee
Old JimStrong Vincent
Old SpotJudson Kilpatrick
PocohontasGeorge H. Steuart
PrettyDavid McMurtie Gregg
PrinceJohn F. ReynoldsReynolds' secondary horse
Plug UglyAlpheus S. Williams
RamblerJohn SedgwickSedgwick's favorite horse
Red EyeRichard B. Garnett
Red PepperPatrick Cleburne
RichmondRobert E. LeeRichmond died in 1862 after the Battle of Malvern Hill
Rienzi (later Winchester)Philip SheridanRenamed after Sheridan's famous ride at the Battle of Winchester
RifleRichard S. Ewell
RoanokeGeorge Armstrong CusterOne of Custer's secondary horses
RoderickNathan Bedford ForrestForrest's favorite horse
RondyUlysses S. GrantThe first horse Grant used in battle
SamWilliam T. ShermanSherman's secondary horse
ShilohDaniel Ruggles
SkylarkJ.E.B. Stuart[2]
SlickyAlfred Pleasonton
TammanyDaniel SicklesSickles' favorite horse
TobeyWilliam Rosecrans
Tom TelegraphTurner Ashby[3]
TravellerRobert E. LeeLee's favorite horse; Traveller died a few months after Lee in 1871, and was later buried beside him at Lee Chapel in Virginia
VirginiaJ.E.B. StuartNoted in Gettysburg Campaign[4]
WarrenBryan GrimesPulled Grimes' coffin during his funeral procession
YorkshireAlpheus S. Williams

See also

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

Further reading
  • 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.
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