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The only person besides himself Grant allowed to ride Cincinnati was President Lincoln because Grant considered him an excellent rider. Lincoln would ride out and review the troops on Cincinnati when he visited the Union army in the field.

The Appaloosa breed was created by the Nez Pierce Indians of the Northwest and almost wiped out by the US army when they forced the tribe to move to a reservation. They are intelligent, fast, fearless horses who were bred by the Indians for buffalo hunting.