| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 449 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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-held Mississippi. In A Just and Righteous Cause: Benjamin H. Grierson's Civil War Memoir, edited by Bruce J. Dinges and Shirley A. Leckie, Grierson tells his story in forceful, direct, and highly engaging prose. A Just and Righteous Cause paints a vivid picture of Grierso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-427) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911
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Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911 fast |
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United States. Army -- Biography.
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United States. Army fast |
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Generals -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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Generals
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Military operations, Cavalry
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140220
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United States
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Récits personnels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dinges, Bruce J.
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Leckie, Shirley A., 1937-
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| ISBN |
9781441619419 |
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1441619410 |
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9780809387090 |
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0809387093 |
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128069792X |
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9781280697920 |
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9786613674883 |
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6613674885 |
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