“The War Horse”

“On September 17, 1997, the Virginia Historical Society unveiled The War Horse, a memorial to the horses and mules killed during the Civil War, designed by Tessa Pullan of Rutland, England, and given to the historical society by Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia. The life-size bronze sculpture is on display at the South entrance to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.”
Other Exhibitions and Displays | Virginia Museum of History & Culture
https://www.virginiahistory.org/exhibitions/other-exhibitions-and-displays

The inscription on the base reads: “In memory of one and one half million horses and mules of the Union and Confederate armies who were killed, who were wounded, or died from disease in the Civil War.”

You might find these YouTube videos of interest:
Tessa Pullan, “The Creation of A Bronze Horse”  (4:05) YouTube, February 2, 2010
“Unsung Hero: The Horse in the Civil War” (47:35) YouTube, May 27, 2018