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100 1 Smith, Timothy B.,|d1974-|eauthor.
245 14 The real horse soldiers :|bBenjamin Grierson's epic 1863
Civil War raid through Mississippi /|cTimothy B. Smith.
246 30 Benjamin Grierson's epic 1863 Civil War raid through
Mississippi
264 1 California :|bSavas Beatie,|c[2018]
300 1 online resource (xxiii, 345 pages)
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
347 text file|2rdaft
347 |b(pdf)
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-331) and
index.
505 0 The plan -- The leader -- The brigade -- The start -- The
detachments -- The push -- The attack -- The getaway --
The failure -- The escape -- The results.
506 Access limited to subscribing institutions.
520 "Between April 17 and May 2, 1863, Union cavalry colonel
Benjamin H. Grierson led a brigade of horse soldiers on a
raid through Mississippi. Not only did the raid break the
main railroad supplying the Confederates at Vicksburg, but
it also took the attention of the Confederate commander
John C. Pemberton. He became fixated with the lesser
threat while Ulysses S. Grant's army crossed the
Mississippi River in the other direction, dooming
Vicksburg and perhaps the Confederacy."--Provided by
publisher.
520 "This epic account is as thrilling and fast-paced as the
raid itself and will quickly rival, if not surpass, Dee
Brown's Grierson's Raid as the standard." --Terrence J.
Winschel, historian (ret.), Vicksburg National Military
Park Winner, Operational/Battle History, Army Historical
Foundation Distinguished Book Award Winner, Fletcher Pratt
Literary Award, Civil War Round Table of New York There
were other simultaneous operations to distract Confederate
attention from the real threat posed by U. S. Grant's Army
of the Tennessee. Benjamin Grierson's operation, however,
mainly conducted with two Illinois cavalry regiments, has
become the most famous, and for good reason: For 16 days
(April 17 to May 2) Grierson led Confederate pursuers on a
high-stakes chase through the entire state of Mississippi,
entering the northern border with Tennessee and exiting
its southern border with Louisiana. Throughout, he
displayed outstanding leadership and cunning, destroyed
railroad tracks, burned trestles and bridges, freed slaves,
and created as much damage and chaos as possible.
Grierson's Raid broke a vital Confederate rail line at
Newton Station that supplied Vicksburg and, perhaps most
importantly, consumed the attention of the Confederate
high command. While Confederate Lt. Gen. John Pemberton at
Vicksburg and other Southern leaders looked in the wrong
directions, Grant moved his entire Army of the Tennessee
across the Mississippi River below Vicksburg, spelling the
doom of that city, the Confederate chances of holding the
river, and perhaps the Confederacy itself. Based upon
years of research and presented in gripping, fast-paced
prose, Timothy B. Smith's The Real Horse Soldiers captures
the high drama and tension of the 1863 horse soldiers in a
modern, comprehensive, academic study. Readers will find
it fills a wide void in Civil War literature.
588 Publisher metadata.
650 0 Grierson's Cavalry Raid, 1863.
651 0 United States|xHistory|yCivil War, 1861-1865|xCavalry
operations.
655 0 Electronic books.
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