Grierson's Raid | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
![]() Col. Benjamin Grierson leading his 6th Illinois Cavalry | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Benjamin H. Grierson |
W. Wirt Adams Robert V. Richardson and others | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3 regiments | unknown |
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, Mississippi.[1][2]
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