Cincinnati (horse)

Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

Cincinnati (ca. 1860–1878) was General Ulysses S. Grant's most famous horse during the American Civil War. He was the son of Lexington, the fastest four-mile Thoroughbred in the United States (time 7:19.75 minutes) and one of the greatest sires. Cincinnati was also the grandson of the great Boston, who sired Lexington.

Photograph of three of Grant's horses during the Overland Campaign (Cold Harbor, Virginia), from left to right: Egypt, Cincinnati, and Jeff Davis

At an early age, Grant emotionally bonded to horses. A shy, quiet child, he found joy in working with and riding them. Grant excelled in horsemanship at West Point, and at graduation, he put on an outstanding jumping display. Grant owned many horses in his lifetime, including one named Jeff Davis, so named because he acquired it during his Vicksburg Campaign from Jefferson Davis's Mississippi plantation.

Cincinnati was a gift from an admirer during the War. The horse was large (17 hands (68 inches, 173 cm)), handsome, and powerful, and he quickly became Grant's favorite. When Grant rode Cincinnati to negotiate Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, the animal became immortalized. Virtually all depictions of Grant in drawings, granite, and bronze, are astride Cincinnati including at the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, located on the Mall in Washington, D.C., at the base of Capitol Hill.

Cincinnati died in Maryland on the farm of Admiral Daniel Ammen.

See also

• List of horses of the American Civil War

References

• Grant's horses

Ulysses S. Grant
18th President of the United States (1869–1877) Commanding General of the United States Army 1865-1869
Life and politics	Early life and career Birth Place Boyhood home Grant Schoolhouse Point Pleasant, Ohio Grant Home
Military Career	Military Service Commanding General of the United States Army American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Battle of Appomattox Court House Campaigns Vicksburg Campaign Chattanooga Campaign Overland Campaign Petersburg Campaign Appomattox Campaign General of the Army Reconstruction Era
Presidency	First Term First inauguration Scandals Reforms Peace Policy Department of Justice XV Amendment Treaty of Washington Korean Expedition Pardons Cabinet State of the Union addresses 1869 1870 1871 1872 Second Term Reelection Second inauguration Comstock Laws Panic of 1873 Civil Rights Act Modoc War Great Sioux War Judicial appointments State of the Union addresses 1873 1874 1875 1876
Elections	Republican National Convention, 1868 1872 United States presidential election, 1868 1872
Post-presidency	Later life of Ulysses S. Grant Bid for a Third Term
Legacy	Bibliography Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Grant's Tomb Grant Park Grant Memorial Presidential library General Grant (ship) General Grant (tree) Grant Cottage State Historic Site Lee and Grant at Appomattox The Peacemakers Cultural depictions U.S. Postage stamps Currency $50 Bill Grant High School U.S. Grant Hotel
Family	Hannah Grant (mother) Julia Grant (wife) Frederick Dent Grant (son) Ulysses S. Grant Jr. (son) Jesse Root Grant (son) Nellie Grant (daughter) Ulysses S. Grant III (grandson) Chapman Grant (grandson) Ulysses S. Grant IV (grandson) Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky-Grant (granddaughter) Ulysses S. Grant V (great-grandson) Cincinnati (horse)
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