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A just and righteous cause : Benjamin H. Grierson's Civil War memoir /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911
Other Authors: Dinges, Bruce J., Leckie, Shirley A., 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Grierson, Benjamin Henry, > 1826-1911.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States. > Army > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • An American boyhood
  • Rallying around the flag
  • Colonel of the 6th Illinois cavalry
  • Scouting after guerillas in West Tennessee
  • From Iuka to Holy Springs
  • Grierson's raid
  • The siege of Port Hudson
  • Reorganizing the calvary 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.