Unlikely warriors
Subtitle: General Benjamin H. Grierson and his family
By: by William H. Leckie and Shirley A. Leckie.
Contributors: Leckie, Shirley A., 1937-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911; United States. Army -- Biography; Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895; Generals -- United States -- Biography; Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Wars; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations
Description: Benjamin Henry Grierson was born 8 July 1826 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His parents were Robert Grierson and Mary Sheppard. He married Alice Kirk 24 September 1854 and they had seven children. Details his military career fighting in the Union Army in the Civil War and commanding the Tenth Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers" on the western frontier in Texas and New Mexico.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 349-360.
Includes index.