3-18 Famous Animals 1 of 2 A Living Resource Guide to Lincoln's Life and Legacy
FAMOUS DOGS, HORSES, AND OTHER ANIMALS
Soldiers of the Civil War took their pets to the war and adopted others along the way. Officers also took their horses, many of them nearly as famous as their owners.
Sallie Staffordshire bull terrier 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Jack Bull terrier 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Old Harvey Bulldog 104th Ohio
York Setter General Alexander Asboth’s pet
Major Mutt 10th Maine
Calamity Mutt 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Grace Mutt 1st Maryland Artillery
Traveller Dog Jefferson Davis’s pet
Stonewall Dog Richmond Howitzers
Cincinnati Horse General Ulysses S. Grant
Methuselah Horse General Ulysses S. Grant
Randy Horse General Ulysses S. Grant
Fox Horse General Ulysses S. Grant
Jeff Davis Horse General Ulysses S. Grant
Kangaroo Horse General Ulysses S. Grant
Winchester Horse Colonel Philip Sheridan
Traveller Horse General Robert E. Lee
Little Sorrell Horse General Stonewall Jackson
Virginia Horse General JEB Stuart
Old Abe Eagle Company C, 8th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers
A hen Laid a daily egg Robert E. Lee
A pig named 9th Connecticut Infantry Jeff Davis
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A donkey Tried to sleep wit the 3rd Louisiana commanding officer
A tame bear 12th Wisconsin Volunteers
A sheep Eventually sold for $ to buy the 2nd Rhode Island named Dick men food
A badger 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
A camel 43rd Mississippi Infantry named Douglas
Raccoons 12th Wisconsin
Raccoons 104th Pennsylvania
President Lincoln did not have a pet of his own in the White House. Instead, he left his dog Fido in Springfield in the care of a family named Rolls to await the Lincolns’ return.
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