GENERAL BENJAMIN H. GRIERSON:

GENERAL BENJAMIN H. GRIERSON: (image 1/1)
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(1826-1911) when the Civil War began, Grierson entered the service as a volunteer aide-de-camp to General Benjamin M. Prentiss. He was then commissioned major of the 6th Illinois Cavalry in October 1861, and became their colonel the following April. During that spring and summer his regiment was engaged in a number of skirmishes in Tennessee and Mississippi. In the latter part of December they took part in the pursuit of General Earl Van Dorn after his Holly Springs raid. On April 17, 1863, under orders from Gen. U. S. Grant, Grierson left LaGrange, Tennessee, in command of 1,700 troopers of the 6th and 7th Illinois, and the 2nd Iowa, in a raid southward through the heart of the Confederacy. In 17 days the command marched 800 miles, repeatedly engaged the Rebels, ruined 2 railroads, and destroyed vast amounts of property, finally riding into Baton Rouge, La. on May 2. For his feat Grierson was promoted to brigadier general. He later commanded a cavalry division and at times the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Mississippi during 1864 and 1865. Grierson remained in the army after the war serving at various posts in the Department of Arizona, New Mexico and Indian Territory. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform. Backmark: Savage & Co., Memphis, Tenn. Rare card.
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