A horse named Ball

From The Road to Guilford Courthouse by John Buchanan. Page 192.

The Tories lost three killed, one wounded, and thirteen captured, and several bodies were later found in the swamp; Marion had two dead and eight wounded, and two of the latter, Captain Mouzon and Lieutenant Scott, were so badly hurt they never again took the field. Marion had also learned a lesson. In the future when he had to make clandestine movements across bridges, he covered the planks with blankets. Loot was plentiful, including abandoned weapons, ammunition, and baggage, and several horses that their Tory owners had no time to retrieve in their mad dash for safety. One was John Coming Ball’s mount, and Frances Marion claimed it, revealed a sense of humor by renaming it Ball, and rode the animal for the rest of the war.