That Other Cavalry Guy: Benjamin H. Grierson

emergingcivilwar.com ^ | April 29, 2021 | by Dave Powell

[Kartographer]

April also marks one of the most decisive mounted operations of the entire war, and certainly one of the most successful raids. Here I am talking about April 1863, when Union Brigadier General Benjamin H. Grierson with 1,700 Illinois and Iowa cavalrymen rode the almost the full length of the state of Mississippi from north to south, departing LaGrange Tennessee on April 17, and riding into Baton Rouge on May 2.

[Kartographer]

Grierson Raid is one of my favorite actions of the Civil War as it is the longest continual action in both continual action and miles covered. The john Wayne movie 'Horse Solders' is loosely based on this action. The efforts of Grierson and his troopers certainly played a part in the fall of Vicksburg

[LeoWindhorse]

My great grandpa chased this a-hole around , all over our state .

We should have been riding raids up his his state too .

[Segovia]

I find it astounding that so many people on a forum that claims to detest “big government” are so enthralled with the original “big government” which invaded and murdered it’s own citizens.

[GreenLanternCorps]

You did...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan%27s_Raid

[LeoWindhorse]

too damn few....

[LeoWindhorse]

too damn few....