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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grierson , Benjamin Henry 1826 - (search)
Grierson, Benjamin Henry 1826-
Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1826; went on the staff of General Prentiss when the Civil War broke out, and became an active cavalry officer.
Some of Grant's cavalry, which he had left in Tennessee, were making extensive and destructive raids while he was operating against Vicksburg.
On April 17 Colonel Grierson, then commanding the 6th Illinois Cavalry, left La Grange, Tenn., with his own and two other regiments, and, descending the Mississippi, swept rapidly through the rich western portion of that State.
These horsemen were scattered in several detachments, striking Confederate forces here and there, breaking up railways and bridges, severing telegraph wires, wasting public property, and as much as possible diminishing the means of transportation of the Confederates in their efforts to help their army at Vicksburg.
Finally, on May 2, having
Benjamin Henry Grierson penetrated Louisiana, this great raid ceased, when Grier
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnston , Joseph Eccleston 1809 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Pennsylvania, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Secession of Southern States. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stoneman , George 1822 -1894 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tariff. (search)