Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  Gen. Benjamin Henry Grierson

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                                  GRIERSON
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   GRIERSON, GEN. BENJAMIN HENRY, born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1826.
   Joined the volunteer service from Illinois in 1861 and by December,
   1862, had a command of a brigade of cavalry. Actively engaged in the
   cavalry service in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Brevetted
   brigadier and major-general in United States Army in 1867. After the
   war commanded the district of Indian Territory, and in November, 1886,
   that of New Orleans.