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

Main Author: Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Dinges, Bruce J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10555648
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 Holly Springs
  • Grierson's raid
  • The siege of Port Hudson
  • Reorganizing the cavalry 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.