Karma Award Winner for Equine Greatness--Cincinnati

Cincinnati, photographed above at City Point, Virginia 1865 was an American Saddlehorse(Saddlebred with close Thoroughbred crosses) who stood 17 1/2 hands high. He was a son of the Thoroughbred legend, Lexington, who was the fastest four-miler in the country, and a Grandson of Boston, who won 40 out of 45 starts. Cincinnati nearly equaled the speed of his half-brother Kentucky, and Grant was offered 10,000 in gold for him, which he refused. General Grant never permitted anyone to ride Cincinnati, the exception being President Abraham Lincoln, who rode Cincinnati whenever he visited the front. and Admiral Daniel Ammen, a boyhood friend. Cincinnati was General Grant's battle charger through the war, and he carred Grant to the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate army at Appomattox . Cincinnati died in retirement at Admiral Ammen's farm. Virtually all depictions of Grant in drawings, granite, and bronze, are astride Cincinnati.

Above is Cincinnati under General Grant at Union Square in Washington, D.C. Be aware of the Hoof Code as it pertains to war horses involved in the Battle of Gettsyburg, as it will tell you how the rider of a horse died by the placement of the hooves of the horse. It is said that if one of the horse's hooves is raised, the rider was wounded in battle or possibly died of those wounds later; two raised hooves, death in battle; all four hooves on the ground, the rider survived all battles unharmed.