Famous War Horses in History and Who rode Them

This is a field in which I have absolutely no background, and extremely limited knowledge. However with current popularity of both the musical and movie, “War Horse”, thought it would be interesting to search for man’s ‘other’ best friend, particularly in time of war. From what I have been able to learn to date, it appears that the horses of Generals and ranking officers of both the Union and Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War seem to be the most well documented. This initial list will hopefully be in rough chronological order, and without a great deal of detailed background, as I’m on a fairly steep learning curve. Where known it may be a favorite/principal horse, or in some cases multiple horses. There is redundancy between the names in the first general  list, and the second list which is limited to the American Civil War. Readers will not be surprised at the first named due to the principal subject matter of the blog. Readers who may have additional knowledge are encouraged to add to this database with information submitted in the Comments Section below.

Pegasus – Bellerephon

Incitatus – Emperor Caligula of Rome

Bucephala (Bucepphalus) – Alexander

Llamrei, Hengroen – King Arthur

Shadowless – Chancellor Cao Cao, Han Dynasty

Gazala – Baldwin I of Jerusalem

Babieca – El Cid

Matsukaze – Maeda Keji, Samurai, 1543 - 1612

Steiff- Gustavus Adolphus, Battle of Lutzen 1632

Blueskin, Magnolia, (Old) Nelson, Roger Leo, Ellen Edenerg – General George Washington

Bijou – Count Johan Augustus Sandels, Swedish Field Marshal, Finnish War 1808-1809

 Diomed, Copenhagen – Duke of Wellington

Marengo, Ali(Aly), Bijou – Napoleon Bonaparte

Palomo – Simon Bolivar
Black Prince - Major Mathews, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 1843-1927
Ronald - Lieut-Colonel (later Lieut-General) James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854
Sir Briggs - Captain Godfrey Morgan, 17th Lancers, Balaclava 1854
Old Whitey - General (later President) Zachary Taylor
Saracen - Sam Houston

Traveller – General Robert E. Lee

Little Sorrel – General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson

Rienzi(renamed Winchester) – General Phillip H. Sheridan

Methuselah, Cincinnati – General Ulysees S. Grant

Comanche – Sole survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn

Blackie – Chief Sitting Bull
Vonolel - Field Marshal Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, PC
Jimson the mule - 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), India and the Boer War.
Simpson's Donkey -  Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick, ANZAC Corps, Gallipoli, WWI 1914

Kidron – General John J. (“Black Jack”) Pershing

Aristocrat – Lieut General Sir Harry E. Chauvel, O.C Desert Mounted Corps
George Lambert - A favourite charger of the ANZAC Mounted Division, 1919

Warrior(‘Old Warrior’) – General Jack Seely, WWI

Songster – Leicestershire Yeomanry, WWI, 1914
Orleans - Captain Whitworth, MC, Epehy, 1917 

Kitty – Marshal of Finland Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Kasztanka – Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, Poland

Ogeltez – Hero of the Soviet Union, Stalingrad, August 1942

Sgt. Reckless – U.S. Ist Marine Division, Korea, March 1953, died in 1968; in 2016 posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal, considered to be the animal equivalent of  the Victoria Cross.

Black Jack – the last Quartermaster issued  U.S. Army horse, died 6 February 1976
Sefton - Blues and Royals, survivor of IRA bomb attack in 1982
Burmese - Queen Elizabeth II, gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1969 (Honorary War Horse)

The next videos are of the charge of the then Royal North British Dragoons, later The 2nd Dragoons Royal Scots Greys, from the 1970 movie 'Waterloo' and the 1936 movie 'Charge of the Light Brigade' starring Earl Flynn.

The following video is of a more recent version (1968) of the 'Charge of the Light Brigade', showing both the 11th Prince Albert's Own Hussars and the 17th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers at Balaclava in the Crimean War 1854.

The next video is from the movie, 'The Light Horsemen', and depicts the charge of the 4th (Victoria) and 12th (New South Wales) Australian Light Horse at Beersheba, Palestine, 1917.

The following is a list of horses of the American Civil War and the senior Union and Confederate officers who rode them (With full acknowledgement to Wikipedia).

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

The following two videos are representative of the use of cavalry in some of its last full actions at the Battle of Omdurman and the very early stages of World War I;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6UmKsqz6aQ&spfreload=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N2G3hAqfbo&spfreload=10