Grierson's Raid
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Grierson's Raid was a Union cavalry raid during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. It ran from April 17 to May 2, 1863, as a diversion from Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's main attack plan
Col. Benjamin Grierson leading his 6th Illinois Cavalry
Grierson's raiders.
Grierson's Raid. Union
Vicksburg campaign
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The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confedera
Grierson's Raid
…Grierson's Raid was a Union cavalry raid during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. It ran from April 17 to May 2, 1863, as a diversion from Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's main attack plan on Vicksburg…
Lithograph of the Mississippi River Squadron running the Confederate blockade at Vicksburg on April 16, 1863
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, CSA
View of Vicksburg vicinity and fortifications, 1863