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Horse Officer Notes Ajax: Robert E. Lee: Ajax was reportedly too large for Lee to ride comfortably and was therefore used infrequently Aldebaron: Philip Sheridan: Sheridan's first horse Almond Eye: Benjamin F. Butler: Bayard: Philip Kearny: Kearny's secondary horse; Kearny was killed at Chantilly while riding this horse Bill: Henry J. Hunt ...
Traveller (1857–1871) was Confederate General Robert E. Lee's most famous horse during the American Civil War.He was a gray American Saddlebred of 16 hands (64 inches, 163 cm), notable for speed, strength and courage in combat.
In 1878, the horse died at the home of Daniel Ammen. [48] Nearly all depictions of Grant on horseback in drawings, granite, and bronze, are astride Cincinnati, including the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, D.C. After the Civil War Grant had gained possession of White Haven, previously owned by his wife's brother Frederick Tracy Dent.
List of horses of the American Civil War; Autumn Dew; B. Old Baldy (horse) Beechwold Chester; Black Bob (horse) Blackie (army horse) Blueskin (horse) Bucephalus; C ...
Old Baldy (ca. 1852 – December 16, 1882) was the horse ridden by Union Major General George G. Meade at the Battle of Gettysburg and in many other important battles of the American Civil War. Early life and Civil War service
The best horse name for your female or male horse or pony is on this list of cute, classic, popular, funny, and rare name ideas, like Seabiscuit and Goldie. 156 Popular Horse Names From Stately ...
The horse was bought by the U.S. Army in 1868 in St. Louis, Missouri and sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.His ancestry and date of birth were both uncertain. Captain Myles Keogh of the 7th Cavalry liked the 15 hands (60 inches, 152 cm) gelding and bought him for his personal mount, to be ridden only in battle. [1]
Autumn Dew, horse owned by Emperor Taizong of Tang; Babieca, horse of El Cid; Bill the Bastard, legendary Australian war horse; Black Jack, the last Quartermaster-issued U.S. Army horse, died February 6, 1976; Blueskin, one of Washington's two primary mounts during the American Revolutionary War