Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911.

A just and righteous cause Benjamin H. Grierson's Civil War memoir / [electronic resource] : edited by Bruce J. Dinges and Shirley A. Leckie. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008. - xi, 449 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.

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.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2011.
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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--Cavalry operations.--Civil War, 1861-1865


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