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	Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of Grierson's main goals was the defeat and elimination of the Confederate cavalry forces under the command of Colonel John Logan, which operated outside the Port Hudson garrison throughout the siege.
		Benjamin Henry Grierson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on July 8, 1826.
		Grierson died on September 1, 1911, in Omena, Michigan.
	pth.thehardyparty.com /cmdrs/col_grierson.htm (404 words)

	Benjamin Grierson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Benjamin Henry Grierson (July 8, 1826 – August 31, 1911) was U.S. Army cavalry general in the American Civil War and in the American West.
		Grierson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the youngest of five siblings.
		Grierson decided to remain in the regular army after the war and received the rank of colonel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colonel_Benjamin_Grierson (852 words)

	Grierson's Raid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grierson's Raid was a Union cavalry raid during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
		Grierson and his 1,700 horse troopers rode over six hundred miles through hostile territory (from southern Tennessee, through the state of Mississippi and to Union-held Baton Rouge, Louisiana), over routes no Union soldier had traveled before.
		Grierson and his troopers ultimately pulled in to Baton Rouge; combined with Sherman's feint, the befuddled Confederates did not oppose Grant's landing on the east side of the Mississippi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grierson's_Raid (366 words)

	Colonel Grierson Biography
		Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Pittsburg in the month of July, 1827.
		On the 28th of March, 1862, when Colonel Cavanaugh resigned, Major Grierson was unanimously elected by the officers to fill his place, and in December, 1862, he was ordered to command the first brigade of cavalry, consisting of the Sixth and Seventh Illinois and Second Iowa regiments.
		Colonel Grierson, with his command, has been engaged in all the cavalry skirmishes and raids of West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi, and in every affair has been successful.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/civil-war/1863/june/colonel-grierson-biography.htm (3195 words)

	Colonel Benjamin Grierson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As a Colonel he led Grierson's Raid in April and May of 1863, a brilliant piece of American Civil War maneuvering.
		Colonel Grierson organized the Tenth United States Cavalry, one of two mounted regiments composed of fl enlisted men and white officers.
		The part of Colonel Marlowe, played by John Wayne in the movie The Horse Soldiers is losely based on Grierson.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/colonel_benjamin_grierson (497 words)

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		Thus Grierson and his regiment were little more than spectators in the early months of 1862.On April 9, a petition was circulated among the officers of the Sixth, requesting the removal of Colonel Cavanaugh and the appointment of Grierson as colonel.
		Grierson's true objective, other than destroying Pemberton's supply lines, was rapidly coming to fruition.Pemberton, having guessed Grierson's objective, could hardly allow the enemy to freely roam behind his supply lines wreaking havoc, and was forced to divert an almost full division's worth of men to intercept the Union raiders.
		Grierson knew better and personally rode out to meet the advancing force, shaking hands with an astonished Captain J. Franklin Godfrey from Baton Rouge. Filthy, and bone-weary, Grierson and his troopers were escorted into the city of Baton Rouge at 3 p.m..
	www.lrgs.org.uk /page/binary/magic/225578/account (2803 words)

	Amazon.ca: Editorial Reviews Books: Grierson's Raid: A Daring Cavalry Strike Through the Heart of the Confederacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In order to divert the enemy's attention, he turned to Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson, who was to lead 1700 men in the cavalry and artillery into Mississippi on a mission to destroy the Confederate rail line, to cut off supply routes, and to destroy any supplies found along the way.
		In 1863 Union colonel Benjamin H. Grierson was chosen for a secret mission: to lead three regiments of horsemen and a battery of artillery -- seventeen hundred men in all -- on a slashing raid through the state of Mississippi.
		Owing to Grierson's shrewd tactics, as well as luck and the skilled soldiering of his men, the raid was wildly successful in every respect.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/books/0374327874/reviews (728 words)

	Grierson's Raid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		After feeding, Colonel Prince, of the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, with two battalions, was sent immediately forward to Pearl River to secure the ferry and landing.
		As Colonel Prince was to remain with Grierson for a staff conference, marching across Strong River to Smith's Plantation.
		Grierson had been informed by a captured deputy sheriff that the Pearl was unbridged.
	home.bak.rr.com /simpsoncounty/grierson.htm (799 words)

	Benjamin Grierson's Report of His Raid From La Grange, Tennessee
		In April of 1863 Colonel (later Major General) Benjamin Grierson led his 1700 man mounted force out of the Federal cavalry camp at La Grange, Tennessee, and embarked upon an ambitious and hazardous raid deep into the Mississippi countryside.
		These detachments were intended as diversions, and even should the commanders not have been able to carry out their instructions, yet, by attracting the attention of the enemy in other directions, they assisted us much in the accomplishment of the main object of the expedition.
		Colonel Prince, commanding the Seventh Illinois, and Lieutenant-Colonel Loomis, commanding the Sixth Illinois, were untiring in their efforts to further the success of the expedition, and I cannot speak too highly of the coolness, bravery, and, above all, of the untiring perseverance of the officers and men of the command during the entire journey.
	www.swcivilwar.com /GriersonRaidReport.html (3694 words)

	Benjamin Henry Grierson (1826-1911)
		Grierson was born in 1826, the youngest of five surviving children of Robert and Mary (Sheppard) Grierson.
		Colonel Grierson organized the Tenth United States Cavalry, one of two mounted regiments composed of fl enlisted men and white officers.
		Grierson was transferred in the spring of 1885 to Arizona, where he commanded Whipple Barracks and later Fort Grant.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/grierson.html (678 words)

	Benjamin_Grierson
		Brigadier General Benjamin Henry Grierson (July 8, 1826, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - August 31, 1911, Omena, Michigan) was an American army officer.
		Grierson was born in 1826, the youngest of five siblings.
		In 1907 he suffered a debilitating stroke; he died in 1911 and was buried in Jacksonville, Illinois.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Benjamin_Grierson (494 words)

	Brilliant Cavalry Exploit
		The man assigned to lead the raid was 36-year-old Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson, a prewar music teacher from the Midwest who, in less violent times, had traveled to various small towns organizing amateur bands.
		Grierson rode south from La Grange with 1,700 men: Colonel Reuben Loomis' 6th Illinois Cavalry, Colonel Edward Prince's 7th Illinois Cavalry, and Colonel Edward Hatch's 2nd Iowa Cavalry, along with a battery of six 2-pounders.
		Grierson alone knew the extent of their orders, to penetrate deep into the Rebel-held state, cut Pemberton's supply line, and then return to Union lines by whatever route seemed best.
	www.thehistorynet.com /acw/blcavalryexploit (1018 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Civil War Times \| America's Civil War: Colonel Benjamin Grierson's Cavalry Raid in 1863
		Colonel Grierson, who led the raid, lacked the flair of Confederate counterparts like J.E.B. Stuart, but his intelligence and creativity made him an excellent leader.
		Anxious soldiers awaited the arrival by train of Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson, commander of the 1st Brigade of the Cavalry Division, XVI Corps, Army of Tennessee.
		Grierson did not know how close his pursuers were, but he certainly expected pursuit.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/civil_war_times/3807006.html (1323 words)

	Fort Davis > The Painted Comanche Camp
		Unlikely warrior Benjamin Grierson was a music teacher and merchant from Illinois who, as a child, had been kicked in the head and nearly killed by a horse.
		Benjamin Grierson assigned eight companies of the 10th Cavalry to the search which resulted in several battles with the Apaches.
		Grierson moved his headquarters there in 1882, and he supervised a program of expansion and improvement of the physical facilities during the three years he and the 10th Cavalry remained.
	www.texasbeyondhistory.net /forts/davis/camp.html (2978 words)

	Buffalo Soldiers
		Grierson sought to have his regiment transferred, and subsequently received orders moving the regiment to Fort Riley, Kansas later that summer.
		Grierson and the 10th attempted to prevent Victorio's return to the U.S., and particularly his reaching New Mexico where he could cause additional problems with the Apaches still on the reservations.
		Grierson, realizing the importance of water in the harsh region, decided the best way to intercept Victorio was to take control of potential water holes along his route.
	genealogytrails.com /kan/leavenworth/BuffaloSoldiers.html (2971 words)

	BENJAMIN H. GRIERSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		BENJAMIN H. One of the Union’s most famous cavalrymen left civilian life as a music teacher in Jacksonville, Illinois with an infantry company at the start of the Civil War.
		After chasing guerrillas in Tennessee and fighting with General Sherman’s army in Mississippi, he was picked to lead a cavalry raid through the South in conjunction with General Grant’s Vicksburg campaign.
		Grierson was promoted to Brigadier General on 16 June 1863.
	www.il.ngb.army.mil /history/famous/grierson.htm (190 words)

	OFFICERS WIVES OF THE TENTH CAVALRY
		Alice Kirk Grierson, the wife of the regiment's commander, Colonel Benjamin Grierson, accepted the news stoically.
		According to Grierson, "Alice and boys seem to like Whipple Barracks quite well." The post, which served as the regiment's headquarters, was located at the edge of the city of Prescott.
		A niece of Colonel Grierson's, Grace was married to the regiment's quartermaster, Lieutenant Mason M. Maxon.
	www.nps.gov /foda/Fort_Davis_WEB_PAGE/About_the_Fort/Following_The_Guidon.htm (1198 words)

	Amazon.com: Unlikely Warriors: General Benjamin H. Grierson and His Family: Books: William H. Leckie,Shirley A. Leckie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Grierson often had to support various members of his family during tough times, and the financial strain was great.
		Benjamin Grierson, a former musician with no prior military experience, is perhaps most famous for "Grierson's Raid", which served as a diversion during General Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign in the Spring of 1863.
		All of Grierson's children appear to have suffered, in varying degrees, from the manic-depression that was prevalent among his wife's family, and two of his sons would have to be institutionalized.
	www.amazon.com /Unlikely-Warriors-General-Benjamin-Grierson/dp/080613027X (1630 words)

	Benjamin Grierson - TheBestLinks.com - American Civil War, August 31, July 8, John Wayne, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Benjamin Grierson - TheBestLinks.com - American Civil War, August 31, July 8, John Wayne,...
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		Brigadier General Benjamin Henry Grierson (July 8, 1826 - August 31, 1911) was an American army officer.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Benjamin_Grierson.html (535 words)

	FORT CONCHO
		Since Colonel Mackenzie was known for cracking his knuckles, there was no doubt in the woman’s mind that she had come face to face with the spirit of the famous commander.
		It is said that Colonel Grierson’s, 12 year old daughter Edith died in the upstairs bedroom of one of the houses around her twelfth birthday.
		Believing that the small child was the daughter of the woman staying in the house, the florist mentioned that he had met the girl in the picture only moments before and commented on how she had moved the flowers from the nightstand.
	www.militaryghosts.com /concho.html (1896 words)

	Grierson
		Benjamin H. Grierson commanded the 10th Cavalry from its organization in 1866 until his retirement in 1890.
		In the Regular Army, he served as colonel of the 10th Cavalry from its organization in 1866 untilhis retirement in 1899.
		Anson Mills, who served under Grierson for 12 years, wrote this estimate of him: A big-hearted man, the only experience Grierson had in military affairs was as a general of volunteers, with which he was successful.
	www.rootsweb.com /~txjeffd2/grierson.htm (294 words)

	Robert Grierson (aka Grayson) Hillabees - Page 25
		Later he was often to be criticised by his fellow countrymen for exaggerated efforts in the interest of his charges and over-indulgence of them, but he was sincere and could never have acknowledged, or even recognized, any basis for such criticism.
		He was informed that the Indians had improved a great deal in twenty [20] years [1776-1796], were less cruel, milder in manners, and more inclined to be friendly with their neighbors.
		CORNELLS and [ROBERT] GRIERSON complained that the stealing of Indian livestock by depraved whites had become a well-organized system, and heroic measures would be necessary to put a stop to it.
	www.webspawner.com /users/griersonorigins24/index.html (1127 words)

	NC Buffalo Soldiers - History Archives
		His troop was then ordered back to Fort Sill where Flipper served for four months as Acting Captain of Company G. Since Colonel Benjamin Grierson had established Fort Sill ten years earlier, ponds in the area had filled with water during rainy seasons and become stagnant.
		Because he wanted to avoid Colonel Shafter's severe discipline and the embarrassment, he decided to handle his problem alone, as he always had.
		Today, a large, bronze bust of Henry Flipper stands in the Cdet Library as a permanent memorial to "a strong and gentle man." Cadets are encouraged by the bravery and strength of character of the academy's first Black graduate.
	www.ncbuffalosoldiers.org /history.asp?u_action=display&u_log=4 (2935 words)

	The Horse Soldiers (1959) - IMDb user comments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Colonel John Marlowe (John Wayne) is ordered by the Union generals to lead his army 300 miles into the Confederacy, where they are to sabotage and disrupt the vital railway supply town of Newton Station as much as possible.
		Cavalry leader Benjamin Grierson was sent by Grant into Alabama and Mississippi on a raid to attack a railway junction, supposedly to destroy it for strategic reasons.
		Colonel John Marlowe (Wayne) leads a Sherman-style cavalry raid deep into Confederate territory in order to lay waste Newton Station, a vital railway junction supplying the rebel garrison at Vicksburg.
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	Book Review
		Their leader Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson was given a difficult and dangerous mission by Grant to draw Confederate military attention away from the city of Vicksburg and its crucial port along the Mississippi River on the eve of the planned Union siege in April.
		Grierson's force was small enough to inflict damage and quickly move on but large enough to pose a threat to homeguard and civilian forces.
		Grierson and his men commandeered supplies critical for the South's war effort destroying munitions, clothing, and transportation systems.
	www.allreaders.com /BookRView.asp?BRID=108511 (212 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Late in 1861, Colonel T. Higginson took command of the First Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, the first Black regiment in the service of the United States.
		On June 28, 1866, an Act of Congress authorized the creation of two cavalry and four infantry regiments, "which shall be composed of colored men." They were organized as the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 38th through 41st Infantry.
		The two regiments were formed into the 4th Cavalry Brigade in 1941, commanded by General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., at Camp Funston, Kansas.
	www.nm.nrcs.usda.gov /about/eeo/newsletter/buffalo-soldiers.doc (463 words)

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		Colonel Grierson’s cavalry raid arriving at Baton Rouge.
		Colonel Benjamin Grierson had been creating panic among the Confederates on the eastern side of the Mississippi.
		Grierson’s party was supposed to join up with General Grant south of Vicksburg, but that route was blocked.
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	The Horse Soldiers : Reviews, Ratings, Prices, Sale, Deals
		Never fear that the screenplay makes up for that un-Hollywood lapse--as well as supplying amatory distraction for the colonel in the form of a feisty Southern belle (Constance Towers) who has to be dragged along to protect secrecy.
		In the spring of 1863, during the Civil War, Colonel Benjamin Grierson was sent on a cavalry raid through the Confederacy.
		Its purpose was to distract the Confederates from the attack General Ulysses S Grant was planning on Vicksburg.
	www.amytoons.com /shop/product/B000059TFU/The_Horse_Soldiers.html (690 words)

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