List of horses of the American Civil War
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
Billy George H. Thomas Named for William T. Sherman
Black Bess John Hunt Morgan
Blackie George G. Meade Meade 's secondary horse
Blackjack Jefferson Davis
Boney William Rosecrans Rosecrans ' favorite horse
Brown Roan ( also referred to as The Roan ) Robert E. Lee One of Lee 's secondary horses , Brown Roan went blind in 1862 and had to be retired
Bucephalus Sterling Price
Burns ( also called Black Burns ) George B. McClellan McClellan 's secondary horse
Butler Wade Hampton Hampton 's favorite horse
Captain Wade Hampton
Charlemagne Joshua Chamberlain
Cincinnati Ulysses S. Grant Grant '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
Cornwall John Sedgwick Sedgwick 's secondary horse
Daniel Webster George B. McClellan
Decatur Philip Kearny Kearny 's secondary horse , shot through the neck at the Battle of Fair Oaks
Wikipedia list article This is a list of named horses and the senior Union and Confederate officers who rode them during 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.