| Grierson's Raid | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
 Col. Benjamin Grierson leading his 6th Illinois Cavalry | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| 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]
- ^ Dee Brown (1954). Grierson's Raid: A Cavalry Adventure of the Civil War (reprint ed.). ISBN 978-0-89029-061-3.
- ^ "Civil War Harper's Weekly". June 6, 1863. Retrieved October 7, 2007.