A Just and Righteous Cause : Benjamin H. Grierson's Civil War Memoir /

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General Benjamin H. Grierson is most widely known as the brilliant cavalryman whose actions in the Civil War's Mississippi Valley campaign facilitated Ulysses S. Grant's capture of Vicksburg. There is, however, much more to this key Union officer than a successful raid into Confederate-hel...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911
Autres auteurs: Leckie, Shirley A., 1937-, Dinges, Bruce J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Grierson, Benjamin Henry, > 1826-1911.
United States. > Army.
États-Unis. > Army > Biographies.
United States. > Army > Biography.
Military operations, Cavalry.
Generals.
HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Generaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Operations de cavalerie.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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