Title: Unlikely warriors
First published: 1984
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.
Subjects: Biography, Cavalry operations, Generals, History, Indians of North America, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army, Wars, Grierson's cavalry raid, 1863, Generals, biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, campaigns, United states, army, biography, Indians of north america, southwest, new, Indians of north america, wars, 1815-1865
Places: New Southwest, United States
People: Benjamin Henry Grierson (1826-1911)
Time periods: 1866-1895, Civil War, 1861-1865