Trivia 3-2-16 True or False

[Trivia Master]

True or false

At Vicksburg, one of the horses ridden by General Grant was named Kangaroo.

credit: @chellers

 

[Copperhead-mi]

True .
"Because of his appearance he was named "Kangaroo," and after a short period of rest and feeding and care he turned out to be a magnificent animal and was used by my father during the Vicksburg campaign."
Frederick Grant

 

[kholland]

True

 

[Seduzal]

True

 

[JohnDLittlefield]

True.

Frederick Grant (son of General Grant):
"At the battle of Shiloh the Confederates left on the field a rawboned horse, very ugly and apparently good for nothing. As a joke, the officer who found this animal on the field, sent it with his compliments, to Colonel Lagow, one of my father's aides-de-camp, who always kept a very excellent mount and was a man of means. The other officers of the staff "jollied" the colonel about this gift. When my father saw him, he told the colonel that the animal was a thoroughbred and a valuable mount and that if he, Lagow, did not wish to keep the horse he would be glad to have him. Because of his appearance he was named "Kangaroo," and after a short period of rest and feeding and care he turned out to be a magnificent animal and was used by. my father during the Vicksburg campaign."

 

[1stMN]

True!

 

[MRB1863]

True

 

[ErnieMac]

True.

 

[Stony]

Because of his appearance he was named "Kangaroo," and after a short period of rest and feeding and care he turned out to be a magnificent animal and was used by. my father during the Vicksburg campaign.
True
source-http://www.granthomepage.com/grantequestrian.htm

 

[Chattahooch33]

True

 

[GELongstreet]

True, though as said not exclusively - he also rode on ... ... Jeff Davis?!

 

[Brenal]

He certainly had a horse called Kangaroo that had been left at Shiloh by the Confederates, whether or not he rode it at Vicksburg I don't know, so I'll go with the balance of probabilities and say True

 

[TinCan]

True

 

[Reb]

I am going to say true.

"At the battle of Shiloh the Confederates left on the field a rawboned horse, very ugly and apparently good for nothing. As a joke, the officer who found this animal on the field, sent it with his compliments, to Colonel Lagow, one of my father's aides-de-camp, who always kept a very excellent mount and was a man of means. The other officers of the staff "jollied" the colonel about this gift. When my father saw him, he told the colonel that the animal was a thoroughbred and a valuable mount and that if he, Lagow, did not wish to keep the horse he would be glad to have him. Because of his appearance he was named "Kangaroo," and after a short period of rest and feeding and care he turned out to be a magnificent animal and was used by my father during the Vicksburg campaign." -Frederick Grant, son of General Grant

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

True - along with Jeff Davis and one other.

At the battle of Shiloh the Confederates left on the field a rawboned horse, very ugly and apparently good for nothing. As a joke, the officer who found this animal on the field, sent it with his compliments, to Colonel Lagow, one of my father's aides-de-camp, who always kept a very excellent mount and was a man of means. The other officers of the staff "jollied" the colonel about this gift. When my father saw him, he told the colonel that the animal was a thoroughbred and a valuable mount and that if he, Lagow, did not wish to keep the horse he would be glad to have him. Because of his appearance he was named "Kangaroo," and after a short period of rest and feeding and care he turned out to be a magnificent animal and was used by my father during the Vicksburg campaign.

http://www.granthomepage.com/grantequestrian.htm

 

[CadmusWilcox]

True.
He was one of three he had for that campaign.

 

[SD_CivilWarTvlr]

True

 

[MissREP]

True, according to his son Fredrick. (http://www.granthomepage.com/grantequestrian.htm)

("Kangaroo"--that's just about as bad as "Termite"!)

 

[nextcity]

True. Up the Yazoo (drunk) on a borrowed horse named Kangaroo.

 

[adisciu9]

True.
The Confederates abandoned him after Shiloh and Grant rode him in the Vicksburg campaign.