Roughshod Through Dixie

Grierson’s Raid 1863

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), 19th Century, Military
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Author: Mark Lardas ISBN: 9781780963440
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: January 20, 2012
Imprint: Osprey Publishing Language: English
Author: Mark Lardas
ISBN: 9781780963440
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: January 20, 2012
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Language: English

On April 17, 1863 Benjamin Grierson led a force of 1,700 Union cavalrymen across enemy lines into Confederate-held Tennessee in a bold diversionary raid. Over the next seventeen days, Grierson's horsemen caused havoc by destroying railroad lines, attacking outposts, burning military stores and fighting numerous small actions, before breaking back through the lines at Baton Rouge. The raid was a tremendous success, not only by virtue of the destruction it caused, but also because the Confederates were forced to divert thousands of troops away from the front lines during General Grant's critical Vicksburg offensive. This book tells the complete story of one of the most daring Union raids of the war.

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On April 17, 1863 Benjamin Grierson led a force of 1,700 Union cavalrymen across enemy lines into Confederate-held Tennessee in a bold diversionary raid. Over the next seventeen days, Grierson's horsemen caused havoc by destroying railroad lines, attacking outposts, burning military stores and fighting numerous small actions, before breaking back through the lines at Baton Rouge. The raid was a tremendous success, not only by virtue of the destruction it caused, but also because the Confederates were forced to divert thousands of troops away from the front lines during General Grant's critical Vicksburg offensive. This book tells the complete story of one of the most daring Union raids of the war.

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