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Old Baldy, the horse shot out from under Gen. George C. Meade at Gettysburg, was returned to the Grand Army of the Republic Museum in the city's Frankford section last Sunday - his stuffed and mounted head, at least. He was one of thousands of horses ridden into battle during the Civil War.

"Old Baldy," the horse Gen. George Meade rode in the Civil War, draws the attention of Bud and Margaret Atkinson at a museum in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.
"Old Baldy," the horse Gen. George Meade rode in the Civil War, draws the attention of Bud and Margaret Atkinson at a museum in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.Read moreAKIRA SUWA / Staff Photographer
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Old Baldy, the horse shot out from under Gen. George C. Meade at Gettysburg, was returned to the Grand Army of the Republic Museum in the city's Frankford section last Sunday - his stuffed and mounted head, at least. He was one of thousands of horses ridden into battle during the Civil War.

See if you can match other mounts with the generals who rode them.

1. Traveller.       2. Duke.          3. Little Sorrel.       4. Jeff Davis.       5. Dixie.         6. Winchester.    7. My Maryland.    8. Lookout.      9. King Philip.

10. Daniel Webster.

a. Ulysses S. Grant.

b. J.E.B. Stuart.

c. William T. Sherman.

d. Nathan Bedford Forrest.

e. Joseph Hooker.

f. Robert E. Lee.

g. Edward Porter Alexander.

h. George B. McClellan.

i. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

j. Philip Sheridan.

Answers on C3.

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