| This horse was captured during a Union raid on Joseph Davis\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' (Jefferson Davis\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' brother) plantation. General Grant rode the horse during the war and gave him the name Jeff Davis.
The Picture is from 1863, the year the horse was foaled is unknown.
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