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A just and righteous cause [electronic resource] : Benjamin H. Grierson's Civil War memoir / edited by Bruce J. Dinges and Shirley A. Leckie.

By: Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911.
Contributor(s): Dinges, Bruce J | Leckie, Shirley A, 1937- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008Description: xi, 449 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.Subject(s): Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911 | United States. Army -- Biography | Generals -- United States -- Biography | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operationsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 973.7/3092 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
An American boyhood -- Rallying around the flag -- Colonel of the 6th Illinois cavalry -- Scouting after guerillas in West Tennessee -- From Iuka to Holly Springs -- Grierson's raid -- The siege of Port Hudson -- Reorganizing the cavalry in West Tennessee -- The Meridian expedition -- Operations against Forrest -- Brice's Cross Roads -- A.J. Smith's operations in Mississippi -- Reorganization and controversy -- Raid on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad -- A visit to Washington -- Final operations -- Reconstruction duty -- Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-427) and index.

An American boyhood -- Rallying around the flag -- Colonel of the 6th Illinois cavalry -- Scouting after guerillas in West Tennessee -- From Iuka to Holly Springs -- Grierson's raid -- The siege of Port Hudson -- Reorganizing the cavalry in West Tennessee -- The Meridian expedition -- Operations against Forrest -- Brice's Cross Roads -- A.J. Smith's operations in Mississippi -- Reorganization and controversy -- Raid on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad -- A visit to Washington -- Final operations -- Reconstruction duty -- Conclusion.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.