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General Benjamin H. Grierson and His Family
出版University of Oklahoma Press, 1998-03-01
主題History / United States / 19th CenturyBiography & Autobiography / HistoricalHistory / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
ISBN080613027X9780806130279
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SGtGi70SOtsC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Unlikely Warriors is the story of Benjamin Henry Grierson, Civil War hero and postwar commander of the Tenth Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers, " and his family on the western frontier. In 1863, Colonel Grierson led a cavalry brigade of 1,700 men on a daring raid through Mississippi, which helped Ulysses S. Grant launch his successful campaign against Vicksburg. In the army reorganization of 1866, Grierson accepted an appointment as colonel of the Tenth Cavalry, a command of white officers and black enlisted men. Appreciative of the achievements of his black Buffalo Soldiers and sympathetic toward the Indian people, Grierson did not fit the popular image of the Indian-fighting cavalryman, though in the 1880 war against Victorio he outfought one of the ablest of all Apache leaders. In this biography, William and Shirley Leckie explore three generations of Grierson's family, and for this edition they include a new preface on recent interest in the Buffalo Soldiers.