Benjamin Henry Grierson was a music teacher from Illinois who, although afraid of horses, volunteered for service in the cavalry during the Civil War, commanding a cavalry division Army of the Tenness
Portrait of Grierson
Grierson's house in Jacksonville.
Union Cavalry Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson (seated with hand resting on chin) and staff
Colonel Grierson at Medicine Bluff Creek when establishing Fort Sill during the winter of 1868-1869.
The Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, also known as the Battle of Tishomingo Creek or the Battle of Guntown, was fought on Friday, June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi during the American Civil War.