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Benjamin Grierson

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Union Army General (1826-1911)

United StatesLived 1826 to 1911 · aged 85
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Benjamin Henry Grierson was a music teacher from Illinois who, although afraid of horses, volunteered for service in the cavalry during the Civil War, commanding a cavalry division Army of the Tennessee and reaching the rank of major general in the United States Volunteers.

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Grierson's house in Jacksonville.Grierson's house in Jacksonville.Union Cavalry Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson (seated with hand resting on chin) and staffUnion Cavalry Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson (seated with hand resting on chin) and staffColonel Grierson at Medicine Bluff Creek when establishing Fort Sill during the winter of 1868-1869.Colonel Grierson at Medicine Bluff Creek when establishing Fort Sill during the winter of 1868-1869.

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Benjamin Henry Grierson was a music teacher from Illinois who, although afraid of horses, volunteered for service in the cavalry during the Civil War, commanding a cavalry division Army of the Tennessee and reaching the rank of major general in the United States Volunteers. He is most noted for Grierson's Raid, an 1863 expedition through Confederate-held territory that severed enemy communication lines between Vicksburg, Mississippi and Confederate commanders in the Eastern Theater. After the war, he became colonel of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, an African-American regiment from 1866 until his retirement in 1890.

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Lived 1826 to 1911 · aged 85
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