Kangaroo.

>He [Union General Ulysses S. Grant**] was a myriad-natured man, a warrior who hated blood. He had shuddered as a boy at his father’s tanning business and would only eat his meat well done. He could be cruel to opposing soldiers but couldn’t stand to see beasts mistreated. He was a virtuoso horse-man. His mount during the Vicksburg campaign was a creature named “Kangaroo,” which he had rescued from the Shiloh battlefield when no one else had any use for the scarred, neglected animal. [Grant](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Ulysses_S._Grant_1870-1880.jpg) recognized that under the mud and gore was a high-bred horse and nursed the animal back to form. _____________________________ **Source:** Jenkins, Sally, and John Stauffer. “The Swamp and the Citadel.” *The State of Jones: The Small Southern County That Seceded from the Confederacy*. Anchor Books, 2010. 102. Print. _____________________________ **Further Reading:** [Vicksburg Campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg_Campaign) The Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh) Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant)