The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson’s Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi

by Timothy Smith

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Benjamin Grierson’s Union cavalry thrust through Mississippi is one of the most well-known operations of the Civil War. The last serious study was published more than six decades ago. Since then other accounts have appeared, but none are deeply researched full-length studies of the raid and its more than substantial (and yet often overlooked) results. The publication of Timothy B. Smith’s The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson’s Epic 1863 Civil War Raid through Mississippi rectifies this oversight.

There were other simultaneous operations to distract Confederate attention from the real threat posed by U. S. Grant’s Army of the...Read more
  • ISBN10 1611214289
  • ISBN13 9781611214284
  • Publish Date 31 January 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 23 December 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Savas Beatie
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 336
  • Language English