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Unlikely Warriors is the story of Benjamin Henry Grierson, Civil War hero and postwar commander of the Tenth Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, and his family on the western frontier. In 1863, Colonel Grierson led a cavalry brigade of 1,700 men on a daring raid through Mississippi, which helped Ulysses S. Grant launch his successful campaign against Vicksburg. In the army reorganization of 1866, Grierson accepted an appointment as colonel of the Tenth Cavalry, a command of white officers and black enlisted men. In this biography, William and Shirley Leckie explore three generations of Griersons family, and for this edition they include a new preface on recent interest in the Buffalo Soldiers.

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title:Unlikely Warriors : General Benjamin H. Grierson and His Family
author:Leckie, William H.; Leckie, Shirley A.
publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin:080613027X
print isbn13:9780806130279
ebook isbn13:9780585100944
language:English
subjectGrierson, Benjamin Henry,--1826-1911, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations, Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895, Generals--United States--Biography, United States.--Army--Biography, Indians of North America--Southwest, Ne
publication date:1998
lcc:E467.1.G8L43 1998eb
ddc:973.7/3013
subject:Grierson, Benjamin Henry,--1826-1911, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations, Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895, Generals--United States--Biography, United States.--Army--Biography, Indians of North America--Southwest, Ne
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Unlikely Warriors
General Benjamin H. Grierson and His Family
By
William H. Leckie and Shirley A. Leckie
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS : NORMAN
Page ii
Other Books By William H. Leckie
Military Conquest of the Southern Plains (Norman, 1963)
The Buffalo Soldiers (Norman, 1967)
Other Books By Shirley A. Leckie
Elizabeth Bacon Custer and the Making of a Myth
To Hazel Enola and Bettie Sue
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Leckie, William H.
Unlikely warriors.
Bibliography: p. 349
Includes index.
1. Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 18261911. 2. United StatesHistory
Civil War, 18611865Cavalry operations. 3. Indians of North America
Southwest, NewWars18661895. 4. GeneralsUnited StatesBiography.
5. United States. ArmyBiography. I. Leckie, Shirley A., 1937 II. Title.
E467.1.G8L43 1984Picture 2Picture 3973.7'3013Picture 4Picture 584-40275
ISBN 0-8061-1912-8 (hardcover)
ISBN 0-8061-3027-X (paperback)
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. Picture 6
Copyright 1984 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. Preface to the Paperback Edition copyright 1998 by the University of Oklahoma Press. All rights reserved.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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Contents
Preface to the Paperback Edition
vii
Preface
xi
1. Beginnings
3
2. "Virtually Left Without a Dollar"
28
3. The Making of a Soldier
47
4. The Raid
78
5. Frustration, Defeat, and Final Victory
105
6. "Come to My Medicine Bluff Mountain Home"
142
7. Peace Policies Falter
171
8. Banished to West Texas
211
9. Taming the Trans-Pecos
250
10. Journey's End
276
Epilogue
305
List of Abbreviations Used in Notes
310
Notes
311
Bibliography
349
Index
361

Page v
Illustrations
Cast of Characters
2
Robert Grierson
5
John and Susan Kirk with Children Alice and Henry
13
John and Elizabeth Grierson with Benjamin and Alice Grierson
26
Mary Grierson
45
Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss
55
General Ulysses S. Grant
64
Brigadier General William Sooy Smith
85
General Edward Hatch
88
General William T. Sherman
114
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