Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911
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Name (Latin)
Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911
Other forms of name
Grierson, B. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1826-1911
Grierson, Ben, 1826-1911
Grierson, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Henry), 1826-1911
Date of birth
1826-07-08
Date of death
1911-08-31
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- The real horse soldiers, 2018:ECIP t.p. (Benjamin Grierson) data view (Union cavalry colonel Benjamin H. Grierson)
- Wikipedia, Jun. 6, 2018:Benjamin Grierson page (Benjamin Henry Grierson (July 8, 1826 - Aug. 31, 1911) was a music teacher, then a career officer in the US Army. He was a cavalry general in the volunteer Union Army during the Civil War and later led troops in the American Old West. He is most noted for 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 organized and led the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry Regiment from 1866 to 1890)
- Leckie, W. H. Unlikely warriors, c1984:CIP t.p. (General Benjamin H. Grierson) CIP galley (Benjamin Henry Grierson; Ben Grierson; b. 7/8/1826; d. 8/31/1911)
- Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of letter and a telegram from Col. B.H. Grierson, Tenth Cavalry ... 1878.
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Benjamin H Grierson
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain